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

Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 14 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the workers' compensation benefits awarded to William F. Felton, former highway superintendent of the town of Townsend, by order of the department of industrial accidents, shall not be offset against or payable in lieu of the ordinary disability retirement allowance awarded to William F. Felton by the Middlesex retirement board.