§ 44-62-800

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(A) the commissioner or other head of an agency who has the authority to adopt regulations for the agency; or (B) [Repealed, § 44 ch 24 SLA 2003.]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

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.