Gov. Code, § 15836

Bonds, negotiable notes, and negotiable bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to this part are a legal investment for any state special or trust fund notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the investments which may be made by such special or trust fund. The bonds, negotiable notes, and negotiable bond anticipation notes of the board shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of the state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, banking institutions, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons authorized to invest in bonds or in other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. The bonds, negotiable notes, and negotiable bond anticipation notes may be used by any such private financial institution, person, or association as security for public deposits. The bonds, negotiable notes, and negotiable bond anticipation notes are also hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by all public officers and bodies of the state or any agency or political subdivision of the state and all municipalities and public corporations for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is authorized by law, including deposits to secure public funds.