It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, Justice Stephen Ostrach of the Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, District Court, may join Peter Stevens and Helen Joan Lovell in marriage at a place within the City of Providence on July 8, 2000. Justice Ostrach is hereby authorized and empowered to join the foregoing persons in marriage pursuant to and in accordance with Chapter 15-3 of the general laws, entitled "Solemnization of Marriages".

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.