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

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 34 of chapter 121B of the General Laws or any other general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the housing authority of the city of Salem shall not be required to reimburse the commonwealth for grants made to said authority in 1972 for the purchase of certain land in said city; provided, however, that said property shall be subdivided and conveyed in accordance with rules and regulations of the department of housing and community development. Said parcel is shown as Lot 2 on a plan of land entitled "Subdivision Plan - Highland Acres, Sheet 2, dated August 5, 1971, drawn by Essex Survey Service, Inc." recorded in the Essex south district registry of deeds in Plan Book 123, Plan 25.