Sec. 15-116. Exception of aircraft of government or public air carrier.
               	 		
      Sec. 15-116. Exception of aircraft of government or public air carrier. This 
chapter shall not apply to: (a) Any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and 
subject to the sole control of the United States or any civil or military agency of the 
United States, or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any 
possession of the United States; (b) any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and 
subject to the sole control of this or any other state or agency thereof or any political 
subdivision or municipality of this or any other state; (c) any aircraft owned and operated 
by or leased to and subject to the sole control of any foreign country or any civil or 
military agency thereof or any political subdivision or municipality thereof; (d) any 
aircraft owned or being operated by a public air carrier engaged principally in regularly 
scheduled interstate or foreign air transportation for hire under either a federal certificate 
of public convenience and necessity or under a letter of registration or exemption order 
issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board or its successor.
      (1959, P.A. 488, S. 15.)