Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 2 of chapter 323 of the acts of 1998 is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The town of Charlton may appropriate monies from the Charlton Debt Service Reserve Fund at any special or annual town meeting to pay principal and interest on any long term debt of said town including water and sewer fund debt maturing, callable or due in the ensuing fiscal year.