Definitions

Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this chapter (1) "agency head" means the principal executive officer of a public agency; (2) deleted; (3) "database" means information that is created or compiled by a public agency or its agent to support the public agency's primary business or responsibility and that contains a set of interrelated data or data files in a computerized form organized so the data can be expanded, updated, and retrieved rapidly; (4) "electronic format" means information that is not stored in paper format, including electronic information stored or provided in computer-based, optical, magnetic, or microfiche forms; (5) "geographic information system" or "GIS" means an integrated system linking spatial and tabular data that is a system of computer hardware, software, and procedures supporting the capture, management, manipulation, analysis, and display of spatially referenced data; (6) "hard copy" means a copy of a record in printed format; (7) "public agency" has the same meaning as in AS 40.25.220, but is limited to public agencies in the executive branch of the state not excluded by AS 40.25.123; (8) "public terminal" means an input or output device, established and operated by a public agency for the use and benefit of the public and provides access to electronic public records; (9) "standard unit charge" means the predetermined cost incurred by a public agency to produce a unit of product or to perform a particular operation under normal operating conditions; (10) "working day" means every day except Saturday, Sunday, or a legal state holiday.