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. Subsection (c) of section 38H of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as amended by section 3 of chapter 481 of the acts of 1998, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the town of Plymouth, acting through its board of selectmen, may enter into a certain agreement dated March 16, 1999 with the Boston Edison Company relating to property taxes, payments in addition to property taxes, payments in lieu of property taxes for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, as that property is defined in the agreement, for the fiscal years 1998 to 2012, inclusive. Such agreement is hereby authorized, ratified, validated and confirmed in all respects as satisfying all of Boston Edison Company's obligations under this section with respect to agreements relating to property taxes, payments in addition to property taxes and payments in lieu of property taxes for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.

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