1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in the case of a municipality with a population of 265,000 or greater, according to the latest federal decennial census, that has adopted a “Mayor-Council Plan” of government pursuant to the provisions of the “Optional Municipal Charter Law,” P.L.1950, c.210 (C. 40:69A-1 et seq.), no resolution pertaining to a transfer, exchange, lease, acquisition, or sale of real property shall be adopted by the municipal council unless first presented by the mayor. Nothing in P.L.1971, c.199 (C. 40A:12-1 et seq.) shall be interpreted as altering the separation of powers that exists in municipalities with a population of 265,000 or greater, according to the latest federal decennial census, that have adopted a “Mayor-Council” plan of government pursuant to the provisions of the “Optional Municipal Charter Law,” P.L.1950, c.210 (C. 40:69A-1 et seq.), or assigning to the municipal council in such municipalities the entire and exclusive function, including all constituent elements, of transferring, exchanging, leasing, acquiring, and conveying real property. In municipalities with a population of 265,000 or greater, according to the latest federal decennial census, that have adopted a “Mayor-Council” plan of government pursuant to the provisions of the “Optional Municipal Charter Law,” P.L.1950, c.210 (C. 40:69A-1 et seq.), all administrative functions pertaining to the transfer, exchange, lease, acquisition, and conveyance of municipal property, including identifying the parcels to be transferred, exchanged, leased, acquired, or conveyed, identifying prospective sellers, purchasers or transferees and negotiating the terms and conditions of sale, shall be exercised by the mayor or his designee, subject to approval by the municipal council.

L.2004,c.78,s.1.