Missouri Laws 622.140 – Division of motor carrier and railroad safety conferences, cooperative ..
1. The division may confer in person, or by correspondence, by attending conventions, or in any other way, with the members of any railroad, transportation, public utility, public service commission, or similar division of other states and the United States of America, or any official, agency or instrumentality thereof, on any matter relating to the performance of its duties.
2. The division may enter into and establish fair and equitable cooperative agreements or contracts with or act as an agent or licensee for the United States of America, or any official, agency or instrumentality thereof, or any railroad, transportation, public utility, public service commission, or similar division of other states, that are proper, expedient, fair and equitable and in the interest of the state of Missouri and the citizens thereof, for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this chapter with reference to railroads or street railroads, as limited and supplemented by section 622.110 and to that end the division may receive and disburse any contributions, grants or other financial assistance as a result of or pursuant to such agreements or contracts. Any contributions, grants or other financial assistance so received shall be deposited in the railroad expense fund established in section 622.015 and appropriated for the purposes for which they are received.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 622.140
- Division: the division of motor carrier and railroad safety within the department of economic development. See Missouri Laws 622.100
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, governmental entity, and a firm or partnership. See Missouri Laws 622.100
- Railroad: includes every railroad and railway, other than street railroad, by whatsoever power operated for public use in the conveyance of persons or property for compensation, with all bridges, ferries, tunnels, equipment, switches, spurs, tracks, stations, real estate and terminal facilities of every kind used, operated, controlled or owned by or in connection with any such railroad. See Missouri Laws 622.100
- Service: includes not only the use and accommodations afforded consumers or patrons, but also any product or commodity furnished by any corporation, person or carrier and the plant, equipment, apparatus, appliances, property and facilities employed by any corporation, person or carrier in performing any service or in furnishing any product or commodity and devoted to the public purposes of such corporation, person or carrier, and to the use and accommodation of consumers or patrons. See Missouri Laws 622.100
- 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
3. The division may make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without the state, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any railroad, transportation, public utility, public service commission, or similar division, of other states or the United States of America, or any official, agency or any instrumentality thereof, except that in the holding of such investigations or hearings, or in the making of such orders, the division shall function under agreements or contracts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agent of the United States of America, or any official, agency or instrumentality thereof, or otherwise.