{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-40.25.220","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 40.25.220","heading":"Definitions for AS 40.25.100 — 40.25.295.","body":"In AS 40.25.100 — 40.25.295, unless the context otherwise requires,\n(1) “electronic services and products” means computer-related services and products provided by a public agency, including\n(A) electronic manipulation of the data contained in public records in order to tailor the data to the person's request or to develop a product that meets the person's request;\n(B) duplicating public records in alternative formats not used by a public agency, providing periodic updates of an electronic file or data base, or duplicating an electronic file or data base from a geographic information system;\n(C) providing online access to an electronic file or data base;\n(D) providing information that cannot be retrieved or generated by the existing computer programs of the public agency;\n(E) providing functional electronic access to the information system of the public agency; in this subparagraph, “functional access” includes the capability for alphanumeric query and printing, graphic query and plotting, nongraphic data input and analysis, and graphic data input and analysis;\n(F) providing software developed by a public agency or developed by a private contractor for a public agency;\n(G) generating maps or other standard or customized products from an electronic geographic information system;\n(2) “public agency” means a political subdivision, department, institution, board, commission, division, authority, public corporation, council, committee, or other instrumentality of the state or a municipality; “public agency” includes the University of Alaska and the Alaska Railroad Corporation;\n(3) “public records” means books, papers, files, accounts, writings, including drafts and memorializations of conversations, and other items, regardless of format or physical characteristics, that are developed or received by a public agency, or by a private contractor for a public agency, and that are preserved for their informational value or as evidence of the organization or operation of the public agency; “public records” does not include proprietary software programs.","path":["Title 40. Public Records and Recorders.","Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#40.25.220","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:10Z","sha256":"4602f2f243b09d0b1f42673373948d90c906ca528be9d29e0571997686adfd43","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-40.25.151","next":"us-ak/as-40.25.295"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}