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. Section 31 of chapter 172 of the acts of 1897 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- No public school in the city of Woburn shall be closed unless the school committee votes to build a new school on the same lot, or unless the closing of such public school is approved by a two-thirds vote of the school committee and by a two-thirds vote of the city council.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.