N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.63
All retirements shall be made and pensions allowed under this act by the commission.
The commission shall have control and management of the fund and of the retirement of the members of the system and may make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this act.
The members of the commission shall be the trustees of the fund and shall have full power to invest and reinvest the fund, subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions imposed by the laws of the State upon life insurance companies in the making and disposing of their investments; and subject to like terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions, such trustees shall have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, and dispose of any securities and investments in which the fund shall have been invested, as well as the proceeds of such investments; provided, however, that no restrictions as to the percentages of various classifications of investments now or hereafter described by the statutes establishing legal investments for life insurance companies under the laws of the State shall be applicable.
The commission shall deposit the fund in any depository lawful for the deposit of municipal funds.
Any agreement, release, acquittance, satisfaction, and any and all other documents which may be required in the management of the fund shall be executed by the president and secretary on behalf of the commission.
The commission shall make an annual report of the condition of the fund and the manner in which the same is invested.
N.J.S. § 43:13-22.63