For the purposes of sections 71.940 to 71.948, the following terms mean:

(1) “Codification” includes:

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 71.940

  • 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

(a) The compilation and revision of the general ordinances of the municipality;

(b) The changing of sections deemed advisable;

(c) The omission of sections deemed unnecessary;

(d) The addition of new provisions; and

(e) The adoption of the whole by an adopting ordinance and publication in permanently bound or loose-leaf book form;

(2) “Compilation” includes the collecting, assembling and organizing of existing ordinances of the municipality and publication thereof in permanently bound or loose-leaf book form.