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 section 57C of chapter 59 of the General Laws or any other general or special law or rule to the contrary, for fiscal year 2003, an actual property tax bill issued upon the establishment of the tax rate for the fiscal year, after credit is given for any preliminary tax payments previously made, shall in the city of Lawrence be due and payable in 2 installments, the first installment being due 30 days after the actual property tax bills are mailed and the second installment being due and payable on May 1, 2003, after which dates, if unpaid, they shall become delinquent.

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