Terms Used In Missouri Laws 8.623

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. 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
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Any repair, maintenance, renovation or new construction of any building, facility, or other property of the state of Missouri undertaken after August 28, 1989, involving the use of federal funds or other federal assistance shall, whenever practicable, conform to the standards of sections 8.610 to 8.650, and any agency or entity of the state of Missouri authorizing such repair,* maintenance, renovation or new construction may enter into an agreement with the federal government or any agency thereof whereby the state of Missouri would hold harmless or hold free the government of the United States from any damages which may result from the repair, maintenance, renovation or new construction.

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