SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the land that the inhabitants of the town of Brewster voted on November 17, 1997 to take by eminent domain “for municipal purposes” and that the selectmen of the town of Brewster took on January 6, 1998 “for the purpose of public water supply, watershed protection, passive recreation and for OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSES” is placed under the care, custody, control, and management of the selectmen for general town purposes which shall include but shall not be limited to public water supply, watershed protection, passive recreation, and renewable energy projects developed by the town or by parties with whom the town may contract.

SECTION 2.  The land that is the subject of this legislation is shown on the Brewster assessors’ map 46 as parcels 12-1, 12-2, and 12-3, and it is described in the “Order of Taking by Eminent Domain of Land in Brewster, Barnstable County” which was recorded and registered on January 6, 1998 and which took the land described in land court certificate of title 141983 as lot 2 and lot 3 and in the deed recorded in book 5502, page 7 of the registry of deeds of the county of Barnstable.

SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.