Section 11 AAC 16.900 - DefinitionsIn this chapter
(1) "accredited museum" means a museum which is accredited by the American Association of Museums;(2) "accredited university" means a university accredited by the cognizant member of the Federation of Regional Accrediting Commission of Higher Education;(3) "accrediting services" means the organizations cited in (1) and (2) of this section;(4) "Alaska landmark" means a particular historic, prehistoric or archaeological structure, deposit, site or other object of scientific or historic interest, designated by the governor on recommendation of the Historic Sites Advisory Committee to be of outstanding significance in a defined theme of state or national history or to be among the best examples of a type of cultural art form;(5) "director" means the director of the division of parks in the Department of Natural Resources;(6) "eligible costs" means costs excluding donated labor and material(A) that are incurred within the project period specified in the project agreement; and(B) that conform to the limitations of Federal Management Circular 74-4, cost principles applicable to grants and contracts with state and local governments;(7) "excavation" means physical removal of subsurface remains of all or a defined portion of a site where the objective is to determine the human activities carried on therein or identification of fossil remains;(8) "gathering" means the collection of surface material remains of life and activities;(9) "grant" means state financial assistance for all or part of the eligible costs involved in maintenance, restoration, or rehabilitation of designated state monuments or historic sites if they are kept accessible to the general public;(10) "historic, prehistoric and archaeological resources" means the material remains of past life and processes;(11) "Historic Sites Advisory Committee" means the body appointed by the governor under AS 41.35.110 - 41.35.190;(12) "investigation" means location, identification and examination of material remains of past life and activities for the purpose of evaluating historic, prehistoric, or archaeological resources of a site for potential significance and extent;(13) "item" means an object of scientific or historic interest collected under terms of a permit issued under this chapter;(14) "person" means a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person;(15) "privately owned" means ownership held by others than the State of Alaska.(16) "property owner" means the person who official public records show to have fee or less than fee interest in real or personal property;(17) "Historic Sites Advisory Committee" means the committee established by AS 41.35.110 and authorized by AS 41.35.180 to approve properties for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places;(18) "National Register of Historic Places" means the nationwide catalog of significant historic districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects established by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and maintained by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior;(19) "state historic preservation officer" means the state official appointed by the governor to cooperate with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior in maintaining and expanding the National Register of Historic Places.Eff. 11/19/76, Register 60; am 8/6/77, Register 63The definitions located in 11 AAC 16.150 before the 1976 amendments have been placed in 11 AAC 16.900.
Authority:AS 41.21.040
AS 41.35.050
AS 41.35.180