Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7001, sub-§§1-G and 2-A are enacted to read:

1-G.__Aircraft.__"Aircraft" means any machine or device designed for flight.

2-A.__Big game.__"Big game" means bear, deer and moose.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7001, sub-§30-A is enacted to read:

30-A. Privately owned aircraft.__"Privately owned aircraft" means a privately owned aircraft flown for noncommercial purposes.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7406, sub-§§24 and 25 are enacted to read:

24.__Airborne hunting.__A person on the ground or airborne may not use an aircraft to aid or assist in hunting big game.

25. Same day airborne.__A person may not hunt or help someone else hunt big game on the same hunting day that person has flown on a chartered or privately owned aircraft.__For the purposes of this subsection, "same hunting day" means the time between the earliest and latest legal shooting hours on a particular date.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7901-A, sub-§6, ķA, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §88 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is amended to read:

A. Chapter 709, subchapter I violations:

(1) Shooting at or near wildfowl decoys as described in section 7406, subsection 11;

(2) Hunting without hunter orange clothing as described in section 7406, subsection 12; and

(3) Allowing a junior hunter to hunt without adult supervision as described in section 7406, subsection 21;

(4)__Using an aircraft to aid or assist in hunting big game as described in section 7406, subsection 24 if the violation does not involve the taking of a big game animal; and

(5)__Hunting big game on the same hunting day a person has flown in a chartered or privately owned aircraft as described in section 7406, subsection 25 if the