Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 4 - Agriculture
Chapter 39 - Agricultural Revolving Loan Fund
Article 8 - General Provisions
11 AAC 39.990 - Definitions

(1) "agriculture" means the science, art, and business of producing crops, insects, fish, livestock, or related byproducts;

(2) "agricultural" means used in agriculture;

(3) "agricultural disaster" means

(4) "Alaska Online Public Notice System" means the system established by AS 44.62.175;

(5) "appellant" means a person who files an appeal of a director's decision or a request for reconsideration of the board's decision;

(6) "applicant" means person, individual, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, joint venture, or other entity applying for a loan;

(7) "board" means the Board of Agriculture and Conservation;

(8) "borrower" means each person liable for an agreement or any part of an agreement;

(9) "chair" means the chairperson of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation;

(10) "chattel" means livestock, vehicles, and movable equipment, machinery, and other personal property;

(11) "commercial" means enterprises operated for profit rather than personal or recreational use or as hobbies;

(12) "commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources or the commissioner's designee;

(13) "crops" means small grains, seeds, forages, fruits, vegetables, tubers, fungi and cultivated plants;

(14) "department" means the Department of Natural Resources;

(15) "director" means the director of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation and the division of agriculture in the Department of Natural Resources;

(16) "division" means the division of agriculture within the Department of Natural Resources;

(17) "emergency" means a situation that demands immediate attention to protect against a loss of income or property of the borrower, or the potential destruction of collateral of the fund;

(18) "employee" means an employee of the division;

(19) "farm" means a tract or tracts of land, improvements, and other appurtenances that are used in the production of crops, livestock, or livestock products;

(20) "farming" means the business of producing crops, or livestock and livestock products, through the use and management of land, water, labor, capital, and basic raw materials, including seed, feed, fertilizer, and fuel;

(21) "fund" means the Agricultural Revolving Loan Fund established by AS 03.10.040;

(22) "good financial standing" means the status of a person who is in compliance with the terms of all agreements under AS 03.10 and this chapter and has no payments owed under any agreement that are more than 30 days past the payment due date;

(23) "livestock" means domestic animals raised for agricultural purposes;

(24) "member" means a member of the Board of Agricultural and Conservation;

(25) "remand" means to return the decision to the director for additional action.