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. Paragraph (d) of section 8 of chapter 372 of the acts of 1984 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "Stoneham", in line 9, the following word:- , Stoughton.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding section 1, the inclusion of the town of Stoughton as a political subdivision for the supply of water by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority shall take effect only after the Authority makes findings as required in clauses 1 to 6, inclusive of paragraph (d) of section 8 of chapter 372 of the acts of 1984.