Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Notwithstanding any charter provision, rule or regulation or any general or special law to the contrary, the Chicopee municipal lighting plant may make, and the city of Chicopee may receive a payment of $250,000.00 from the Chicopee municipal lighting plant, to be paid over 5 years from the date of enactment, and to be paid into the Reserve for Donations to the New Library Account and used to ensure that the city's new Library will be a state of the art and energy efficient building.