Section 44.21.330 - DefinitionsIn AS 44.21.305 - 44.21.330,
(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of administration;(2) "department" means the Department of Administration;(3) "public broadcasting" means the delivery of radio or television noncommercial programming intended for the general public by any method of telecommunications;(4) "public telecommunications" means telecommunications which serve public broadcasting, general educational, instructional, medical, safety, emergency, or public participation functions;(5) "state agencies" means all departments, divisions, and offices in the executive branch of state government; it does not mean an agency of the legislative or judicial branch of government or the University of Alaska;(6) "telecommunications" means the transmission and reception of messages, impressions, pictures, and signals by means of electromagnetic transmission with or without benefit of a closed transmission medium including all instrumentalities, facilities, apparatus, and services, whether conveyed by cable or wire, radiated through space, or transmitted through other media within a specified area or between designated points;(7) "telecommunications systems" means those systems in which the principal service and functions are telecommunications.