Missouri Laws 100.010 – Definitions
As used in sections 100.010 to 100.200, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Division”, an appropriate division of the department of economic development of the state of Missouri, or any agency which succeeded to the functions of the division of commerce and industrial development;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 100.010
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Facility”, an industrial plant purchased, constructed, extended or improved pursuant to sections 100.010 to 100.200, including the real estate, buildings, fixtures and machinery;
(3) “Governing body”, bodies and boards, by whatever names they may be known, charged with the governing of a municipality as herein defined;
(4) “Municipality”, any county, city, incorporated town or village of the state;
(5) “Office industry”, a regional, national or international headquarters, a telecommunications operation, a computer operation, an insurance company or a credit card billing and processing center;
(6) “Project for industrial development” or “project”, the purchase, construction, extension and improvement of warehouses, distribution facilities, research and development facilities, office industries, agricultural processing industries, service facilities which provide interstate commerce, and industrial plants, including the real estate either within or without the limits of such municipalities, buildings, fixtures, and machinery; except that any project of a municipality having fewer than eight hundred inhabitants shall be located wholly within the limits of the municipality;
(7) “Revenue bonds”, bonds, loans, debentures, notes, special certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by a municipality and secured by revenues of a project for industrial development.