Alaska § 44.62.800 - Definitions.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 44.62.800 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44.62.800. Definitions.
In AS 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 (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(B) [Repealed, § 44 ch 24 SLA 2003.]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 AS 44.62.730 for an agency;
(5) “facilitator” means a person who is impartial and performs the services identified under AS 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 AS 01.10.060 , and expressly includes a public organization of any character;
(9) “regulation” has the meaning given in AS 44.62.640 and includes the amendment or repeal of a regulation.
Article 10. General Provisions.
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