Missouri Laws 650.390 – Definitions
As used in sections 650.390 to 650.411, the following words and terms mean:
(1) “Board of commissioners”, a board appointed by the chief executive officer of the governing body within a service area for the purpose of administering a county emergency communications system. No board of commissioners established pursuant to sections 650.390 to 650.411 shall have jurisdiction over local emergency or police dispatching agencies;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 650.390
- 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.
(2) “County”, any charter county with a population of more than nine hundred thousand inhabitants;
(3) “Emergency communications system”, a wireless radio communication network, including infrastructure hardware and software, providing communications links that permit participating governmental or public safety entities to communicate within the area served by such system which is coterminous with the geographic boundaries of the county in which the emergency communications system is situated;
(4) “Governing body”, the legislative body of any county with a charter form of government and a population of more than nine hundred thousand inhabitants.