As used in sections 260.800 to 260.815, the following terms shall mean:

(1) “Governing body”, any city, municipality, county or combination thereof, or an authority or agency created by intergovernmental compact;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 260.800

  • 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

(2) “Solid waste”, garbage, refuse and other discarded materials including, but not limited to, solid and semisolid waste materials resulting from industrial, commercial, agricultural, governmental and domestic activities, but does not include overburden, rock, tailings, matte, slag or other waste material resulting from mining, milling or smelting;

(3) “Waste to energy facility”, any facility, including plasma arc technology, with the electric generating capacity of up to eighty megawatts which is fueled by solid waste.