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 any general or special law to the contrary, the mayor of the city of Brockton may amend the water purchase agreement between the city of Brockton and Inima, Servicios Europeos de Medio Ambiente, S.A., jointly with Bluestone Energy Services, Inc. dated as of May 22, 2002 to provide that the payment obligations of the city for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the city shall be pledged and any failure by the city to appropriate or otherwise make available the funds necessary to satisfy a payment obligation of the city under the agreement shall not in and of itself exempt the city from liability for such payment obligation or provide the city with the right to cancel the agreement.

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