Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Subsection (i) of section 8 of chapter 76 of the acts of 1982 is hereby amended by striking out the words "two hundred thousand dollars" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $500,000.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.