Alaska Statutes 44.62.800 – Definitions

In Alaska Stat. § 44.62.710 – 44.62.800,

(1) “agency” means a department, an institution, or a division or other administrative unit of the executive branch of state government authorized or required by law to make regulations, except that “agency” does not include

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 44.62.800

Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
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
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

(A) a board, a commission, a council, an authority, or a public corporation of the executive branch of state government authorized or required by law to make regulations; or

(B) the Department of Corrections;

(2) “agency head” means

(A) the commissioner or other head of an agency who has the authority to adopt regulations for the agency; or

(B)[Repealed, Sec. 44 ch 24 SLA 2003].

(3) “consensus” means unanimous concurrence among the interests represented on a negotiated regulation making committee;

(4) “convener” means a person who is impartial and performs the services identified under Alaska Stat. § 44.62.730 for an agency;

(5) “facilitator” means a person who is impartial and performs the services identified under Alaska Stat. § 44.62.760(b) for a negotiated regulation making committee;

(6) “negotiated regulation making” means regulation making through the use of a negotiated regulation making committee;

(7) “negotiated regulation making committee” means an advisory committee to consider and discuss issues for the purpose of reaching a consensus in the development of a proposed regulation;

(8) “person” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 01.10.060, and expressly includes a public organization of any character;

(9) “regulation” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 44.62.640 and includes the amendment or repeal of a regulation.

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