§ 61. Bonds and notes as legal investments. The bonds and notes of the Utica transit authority are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions thereof, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now, or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general or special law to the contrary, the bonds and notes are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies of the state of New York and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions thereof for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now, or may hereafter be, authorized.