Missouri Laws 66.500 – Definitions
As used in sections 66.500 to 66.516, the following terms mean:
(1) “County”, a constitutional charter county containing the major portion of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 66.500
- 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
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Food”, all articles commonly used for food or drink, including alcoholic beverages, the provisions of chapter* 311 notwithstanding;
(3) “Food establishment”, any cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom or restaurant which sells food at retail and has at least five hundred thousand dollars in annual sales;
(4) “Governing body”, the body charged with governing the county;
(5) “Gross receipts”, the gross receipts from retail sales of food prepared on the premises and delivered to the purchaser (excluding sales tax);
(6) “Hotel, motel or tourist court”, any structure or building, under one management, which contains rooms furnished for the accommodation or lodging of guests, with or without meals being so provided, and kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public as a place where sleeping accommodations are sought for pay or compensation to transient guests or permanent guests and having more than eight bedrooms furnished for the accommodations of such guests. Sleeping accommodations consisting of one bedroom or more that rent for less than twenty dollars per day or less than eighty-five dollars per week and shelters for the homeless operated by not-for-profit organizations are not a “hotel, motel or tourist court” for the purposes of this act**;
(7) “Person”, any individual, corporation, partnership or other entity;
(8) “Transient guest”, a person who occupies a room or rooms in a hotel, motel or tourist court for thirty-one days or less during any calendar quarter.