2019 Alaska Statutes
Title 45. Trade and Commerce
Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art
Article 1. Handicrafts.
Sec. 45.65.070. Definitions.
In AS 45.65.010 - 45.65.070, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “Alaska Native person” means an individual who is a state resident and who is an enrolled member of an Alaska tribe; in this paragraph, “state resident” means an individual who is physically present in the state with the intent to remain indefinitely in the state under the requirements of AS 01.10.055, or, if the individual is not physically present in the state, intends to return to the state and remain indefinitely in the state under the requirements of AS 01.10.055;
(2) “Alaska tribe” means an organized group or community in Alaska that is an Indian tribe; in this paragraph, “Indian tribe” has the meaning given in 25 U.S.C. 450b(e) (Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act);
(3) “authentic Alaska Native art ” means a work of art that is created or crafted in the state by an Alaska Native person;
(4) “commissioner” means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development;
(5) “council” means the Alaska State Council on the Arts (AS 44.27.040);
(6) “emblem” means the emblem that is authorized under AS 45.65.010(b);
(7) “identification seal” means the seal authorized by AS 45.65.010(a);
(8) “original” means new, unique, not a reproduction, and created or crafted by one person without the use of mechanized duplication instruments, electronic duplication instruments, or other devices or systems for copying large numbers of articles, except that “original” includes etched prints, lithographic prints, serigraphic prints, and prints from photographs, if the prints are made by hand by the person who created or crafted the etched plate, etched drawing, etched design, lithographic plate, lithographic stone, silkscreen, or photograph from which the prints were made;
(9) “work of art” means a creation or crafting of
(A) a visual article, including a painting, a sculpture, a drawing, a mosaic, a photograph, an etching, a lithograph, and a serigraph;
(B) calligraphy;
(C) clay, textile, fiber, wood, metal, plastic, or glass, or a combination of these materials;
(D) traditional Alaska Native materials, including ivory, bone, grass, baleen, animal skins, wood, or furs; or
(E) a collage or combination of two or more of the categories identified in (A) - (D) of this paragraph.
