Missouri Laws 278.070 – Definitions
As used in sections 278.060 to 278.300, the following words and terms mean:
(1) “Board of soil and water district supervisors” or “soil and water supervisors”, the local governing body of a soil and water district, elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of this law;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 278.070
- 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.
- 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
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
- 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) “Land representative”, the owner or representative authorized by power of attorney of any farm lying within any area proposed to be established, and subsequently established, as a soil and water district under the provisions of this law, and for the purposes of sections 278.060 to 278.155 each such farm shall be entitled to representation by a land representative; provided, however, that any land representative must be a taxpayer of the county within which the soil and water district is located;
(3) “Landowner”, any person, firm or corporation who holds title to any lands lying within a district organized or to be organized under the provisions of this chapter. Any landowner may be represented by notarized proxy not more than one year old;
(4) “Soil and water conservation cost-share program”, a state-funded incentive program designed for the purpose of saving the soil and protecting the water resources of the state to preserve the productive power of Missouri agricultural land;
(5) “Soil and water conservation district” or “soil and water district”, a county or one or more of its townships wherein a project for saving the soil and water has been established with the authority and duty and subject to the restrictions herein set forth; and in establishing a soil and water district, if the proposed area is less than the area of the county which contains it, but greater than the area of one township, the additional township or townships to be included in such soil and water district need not be contiguous with the first township or with one another, but there shall be only one soil and water district within the boundaries of the same county; and any farm intersected by a soil and water district boundary shall be considered as lying within that district for purposes of soil and water conservation by that district, except that the soil and water conservation of a farm which lies partly within one soil and water district and partly within another shall be considered the duty of the soil and water district in which the home buildings of such farm are located;
(6) “State soil and water districts commission” or “soil and water commission”, the agency created by section 278.080 for the administration of the soil and water conservation districts provided for by sections 278.060 to 278.155;
(7) “Subdistrict”, “watershed”, or “watershed district”, as used in sections 278.160 to 278.300, a watershed district, with the exception of section 278.160, whereby subdistrict is specifically used to describe the relationship to an established soil and water conservation district or districts that may be established as a watershed district;
(8) “Township”, municipal township and not congressional or survey township.