All bonds of a commission are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be bonds of a public instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions and such bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all funds, income, facility revenues and other moneys pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for estate and transfer inheritance taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death.
N.J.S. § 58:5-55