The corporation may contract with:

(1) A federal agency, a state or its agencies and political subdivisions * , the commission, a local transportation authority, a corporation, partnership or individual regarding funding, promotion, planning, designing, constructing, improving, maintaining or operating a project or to assist in such activity;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 238.337

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • 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) The commission to transfer the project to the commission free of cost or encumbrance on such terms set forth by contract; and

(3) A person, a corporation, a local transportation authority, the commission, the state, or a federal agency for the purpose of jointly paying the cost of a project.