In this chapter,

(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of administration;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 28.39.250

  • commissioner: means the commissioner of administration. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • department: means the Department of Administration. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • motor vehicle: means a vehicle which is self-propelled except a vehicle moved by human or animal power. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle, including but not limited to a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but exclusive of a lessee under a lease not intended as security. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • vehicle: means a device in, upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn upon or immediately over a highway or vehicular way or area. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
(2) “dealer” means a person engaged in the business of selling snowmobiles predominantly for purposes other than resale;
(3) “department” means the Department of Administration;
(4) “operate” means to ride in or on and control the operation of a snowmobile;
(5) “operator” means a person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile;
(6) “owner” means a person, other than a lienholder, having title to a snowmobile and who is entitled to the use or possession of the snowmobile;
(7) “possession” means physical custody of a snowmobile by an owner of a snowmobile or by an owner of a motor vehicle or trailer on or in which a snowmobile is placed for the purpose of transport;
(8) “retail” means the sale of a snowmobile for any purpose other than resale;
(9) “season” means one calendar year beginning October 1 and ending September 30;
(10) “snowmobile” means a self-propelled vehicle primarily designed or altered for travel on snow or ice when supported in part by skis, belts, or cleats; “snowmobile” does not include machinery used strictly for the grooming of snowmobile trails or ski slopes.