32:2-24. Freight and steamship bonds as legal investments

The obligations which may be issued by the port authority to raise moneys for the establishment of terminal freight stations determined by it to be in effectuation of the comprehensive plan for the development of the port of New York and for purposes incidental thereto, including the acquisition of land and equipment and the construction of buildings and the obligations which may be issued by it to raise moneys for the establishment or acquisition of steamship terminals as defined in section 32:2-17 of this title and for purposes incidental thereto, including the acquisition of land and equipment and the construction of improvements, are hereby made securities in which all state and municipal officers and bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, savings associations, building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries and all other persons whatsoever who are or may be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control. Said obligations may properly and legally be deposited with and shall be received by any state or municipal officer or agency for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of this state is or may be authorized.