9. a. It is hereby determined that the creation of the corporation and the carrying out of its authorized purposes is in all respects a public and governmental purpose for the benefit of the people of the State and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, comfort and security, and that said purposes are public purposes and that the corporation will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this act.

b. The property of the corporation and its income and operations shall be exempt from taxation.

c. The securities and the interest thereon and the income derived from all funds, revenues, incomes and other moneys received for or to be received by the corporation shall be exempt from all taxes levied pursuant to the provisions of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes or Title 54A of the New Jersey Statutes, except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes levied pursuant to Subtitle 5 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.

d. In the case of any securities, the interest on which is intended to be exempt from federal income tax, the corporation shall prescribe restrictions on the use of the proceeds thereof and related matters as are necessary to assure such exemption, and the recipients of such proceeds shall be bound thereby to the extent such restrictions shall be made applicable to them. Any such recipient, including without limitation the State or any political subdivision of the State, is authorized to execute a tax regulatory agreement with the corporation (and, as to any such political subdivision, the State) and the execution of such an agreement may be treated as a condition to receiving any such proceeds.

L.2002,c.32,s.9.