2. Prior to the submission to the appropriate agency or agencies of the federal government of the comprehensive plan for the conversion and revitalization of Fort Monmouth prepared and adopted by the authority pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2006, c.16 (C. 52:27I-14), the Governor shall designate an agency with appropriate expertise and experience to assume responsibility for the homeless assistance submission required under the “Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990,” Pub.L. 101-510 (10 U.S.C. § 2687). The power granted to the authority pursuant to section 1 of this act is also hereby granted to the designated agency. The designated agency shall have the same rights and responsibilities of the authority under any legally binding agreements with representatives of the homeless to which the authority and the designated agency are parties. The designated agency is authorized, after the submission of the comprehensive conversion and revitalization plan, to comply with and implement the requirements of 32 C.F.R. § 176.30 and 24 C.F.R. § 586.30. Further, if the authority is dissolved pursuant to subsection g. of section 6 of P.L.2006, c.16 (C. 52:27I-6), the designated agency is authorized to assume all rights, responsibilities, and powers of the authority pursuant to section 1 of this act until a successor local redevelopment authority is recognized by the Secretary of Defense as the entity responsible for directing the implementation of the comprehensive conversion and revitalization plan, in the event the designated agency is not proposed to and recognized by the Secretary of Defense as the successor local redevelopment authority.

L.2008, c.28, s.2.