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 any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of the division of capital asset management and maintenance is hereby authorized, on behalf of the commonwealth, with the approval of the adjutant general of the military division, to lease the armory in the city of Holyoke to said city, and said city is hereby authorized to lease said armory from the commonwealth. Said lease shall require that said armory be used for municipal purposes and shall be for a term not to exceed 30 years.

Subject to the provisions of chapter 30 and chapter 149 of the General Laws, the city of Holyoke is hereby authorized to renovate and make improvements to said armory pursuant to said lease and, with the approval of the commissioner, sublease areas of said armory so long as such sublease is for a public purpose and is subject to and consistent with the terms of said lease.