Missouri Laws 407.980 – Convenience business defined — businesses not included in definition — ..
1. As used in sections 407.980 to 407.987, the term “convenience business” means any place of business that is primarily engaged in the retail sale of groceries, or both groceries and gasoline, and is open for business at any time between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. The term “convenience business” does not include:
(1) A business that is solely or primarily a restaurant;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 407.980
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2) A business that has at least ten thousand square feet of retail floor space; or
(3) A business which is owned by a person who owns a business at no other location.
2. A political subdivision of this state may not adopt, for convenience businesses, security standards which differ from those contained in sections 407.980 to 407.987 and all such differing standards are hereby preempted and superseded by state statute.