Missouri Laws 226.010 – Definitions
Whenever in sections 226.010 to 226.190, or any proceeding thereunder, the following words or terms are used, they shall be deemed and taken to have the meaning ascribed to them as follows:
(1) “Civil subdivision”, a county, township, road district or other political subdivision of the state or quasi public corporation having legal jurisdiction of the construction and maintenance of public roads;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 226.010
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
(2) “Commission”, the state highways and transportation commission created under the provisions of sections 226.010 to 226.190;
(3) “Commissioner”, one of the members of the commission;
(4) “Engineer”, the chief engineer of the highways and transportation commission;
(5) “Hard-surfaced road”, a highway surfaced with concrete, comparable types, macadam, properly bound gravel, or the equivalent of properly bound gravel, to be approved by the commission and meeting the federal requirements;
(6) “Municipality” includes a city, town or village;
(7) “State highway”, a highway constructed or maintained at the cost of the state, or constructed with the aid of state funds or the United States government funds, or any highway included by authority of law in the state highway system.