Alaska Administrative Code
Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities
Chapter 80 - Water and Harbors
Article 1 - Harbor and Harbor Facilities
17 AAC 80.110 - Definitions

(1) "boats" means all vessels, ships, boats, skiffs, and watercraft of every kind and description;

(2) "commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities;

(3) "derelict" means any boat berthed or otherwise located within the boundaries of any state harbor facility which has been or gives the appearance of being forsaken, abandoned, deserted or cast away, or which in the opinion of the commissioner is unsound, unseaworthy or unfit for its trade or occupation or which by any substantial evidence of neglect may be considered abandoned;

(4) "state harbor facility" means any float, grid, dock, launching ramp, approach, piling, dolphin, buoy, breakwater, dredged basin or channel, navigation aid, and appurtenances constructed or operated by the State of Alaska, including an area extending a reasonable distance from each of these structures to permit unobstructed maneuvering and safe navigation;

(5) "berthing" means securing or otherwise attaching a boat to any harbor facility by means of line, wire, rope, or other similar device.