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             (B)   [Repealed, Sec. 44 ch 24 SLA 2003].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

(Sec. 1 ch 117 SLA 1998; am Sec. 4, 44 ch 24 SLA 2003; am E.O. No. 106, Sec. 7, 8 (2003))