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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any amounts authorized by the city of Medford to be borrowed for cemetery purposes may be repaid over a period of 20 years, or over such lesser term as the city treasurer shall otherwise determine. Any such borrowing shall otherwise be issued in accordance with all other applicable provisions of chapter 44 of the General Laws.

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