Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the state and all public officers, boards, and agencies, and political subdivisions and agencies thereof, including the public finance authority; all national banking associations; state banks; trust companies; savings banks and institutions; savings and loan associations; investment companies; and other persons carrying on a banking business; and executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter, and the bonds    are authorized security for public deposits. Notes and bonds, including refunding bonds, issued under this chapter and their income are exempt from all taxation by the state or by any political subdivision except inheritance, estate, and transfer taxes.