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 the provisions of sections 40E to 40J, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws, the commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized to release to the town of Reading two easements in land located in said town, which easements were acquired by the department of public works under the provisions of chapter 458 of the acts of 1939 and which are currently under the care and control of the department of environmental management. Said easements are recorded in the Middlesex south district registry of deeds in Book 6548, Page 301.

SECTION 2. The town of Reading shall pay all expenses associated with the release of easements authorized in section 1, including the cost of appraisals, surveys, title work and other expenses of such release, and the commonwealth shall have no further responsibility or liability in connection with said easements.