A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, public securities heretofore or hereafter authorized to be issued and delivered at any one time in a principal amount of one hundred thousand dollars or more may be executed with an engraved, imprinted, stamped or otherwise reproduced facsimile of any signature, seal or other means of authentication, certification or endorsement required or permitted to be recorded thereon, if so authorized by the board, body or officer empowered by law to authorize the issuance of such securities in the proceedings providing for their issuance, provided that at least one signature required or permitted to be placed thereon shall be manually subscribed.
B. The words "public securities" as used herein shall mean bonds, notes or other obligations for the payment of money issued by this state, by its political subdivisions, or by any department, agency or other instrumentality of this state or of any of its political subdivisions.
C. This Section shall not repeal any other law authorizing the execution of public securities with facsimile signatures or seals, but shall constitute additional authority therefor and shall not be limited or qualified by any such other law.