Alaska Statutes.
Title 44. State Government
Chapter 62. Administrative Procedure Act
Section 800. Definitions.
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AS 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(B) [Repealed, Sec. 44 ch 24 SLA 2003].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 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.

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