Sec. 44.62.770. Employees, contractors, and funding.
(a) An agency head may appoint an agency employee or obtain the services of another state employee or a private contractor to serve as a convener or facilitator for a negotiated regulation making committee. (b) Before appointing or selecting a convener under AS 44.62.730 or a facilitator under AS 44.62.760, an agency head shall determine […]
Sec. 44.62.780. Judicial review.
An agency action relating to establishing, assisting, or terminating a negotiated regulation making committee under AS 44.62.710 – 44.62.800 is not subject to judicial review. Nothing in this section bars judicial review if the judicial review is otherwise provided by law. A regulation that is the product of negotiated regulation making and is later subject […]
Sec. 44.62.790. Relationship to other requirements.
The negotiated regulation making authorized by AS 44.62.710 – 44.62.800 is in addition to the procedures required under AS 44.62.010 – 44.62.319 for adopting, amending, or repealing regulations, and, if an agency head decides to use negotiated regulation making, the negotiated regulation making shall, where possible, occur before the procedures under AS 44.62.010 – 44.62.319 […]
Sec. 44.62.795. Confidentiality of certain records and documents.
Notwithstanding AS 40.25.100 – 40.25.220, records from private persons that are requested or used by a negotiated regulation making committee and working documents prepared by the committee that analyze or incorporate information from the records shall be kept confidential if the records or working documents contain proprietary information and the owner of the records or […]
Sec. 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 […]
Sec. 44.62.930. Teleconferencing.
(a) An agency may use teleconferencing for the benefit or convenience of the parties, the public, or the agency, in connection with a proceeding or act authorized under this chapter if all statutory and constitutional rights of the parties are waived or adequately protected. (b) Teleconferencing may be used to establish quorums, receive public input, […]
Sec. 44.62.950. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Administrative Procedure Act.
Sec. 44.62.630. Impartiality.
The functions of hearing officers and those officers participating in decisions shall be conducted in an impartial manner with due regard for the rights of all parties and the facts and the law, and consistent with the orderly and prompt dispatch of proceedings. These officers, except to the extent required for the disposition of ex […]
Sec. 44.62.640. Definitions for AS 44.62.
(a) In AS 44.62.010 – 44.62.319, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “lieutenant governor” means the office of the lieutenant governor in the executive branch of the state government, or another agency designated by executive order under the constitution; (2) “order of repeal” means a resolution, order, or other official act of a state agency […]
Sec. 44.62.710. Purpose and applicability of AS 44.62.710 – 44.62.800.
(a) The purpose of AS 44.62.710 – 44.62.800 is to establish a framework for the conduct of negotiated regulation making consistent with AS 44.62.010 – 44.62.319. Negotiated regulation making is not a substitute for the requirements of AS 44.62.010 – 44.62.319 but may be used as a supplemental procedure to permit the direct participation of […]