Terms Used In Missouri Laws 105.1270

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a corporation, partnership, firm, trust, association, or other entity shall not be disqualified from receiving any state-authorized tax credit, abatement, exemption, or loan on the basis that there exists a conflict of interest due to a relationship of any degree or affinity to any statewide elected official or member of the general assembly, when the person of relation holds less than a two percent equity interest in the entity standing to benefit from the credit, abatement, exemption, or loan.