Missouri Laws 67.604 – Definitions
For purposes of sections 67.601 to 67.626, the following terms mean:
(1) “Business”, any activity engaged in by any person, or caused to be engaged in by him, with the object of gain, benefit or advantage, either direct or indirect, and the classification of which business is of such a character as to be subject to the terms of sections 67.601 to 67.626;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 67.604
- 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
- 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
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) “City”, a constitutional charter city not within a county;
(3) “Commission”, the regional convention and visitors commission created in section 67.601;
(4) “County”, a constitutional charter county adjoining a constitutional charter city not within a county;
(5) “District”, the regional cultural and performing arts development district created in section 67.627;
(6) “Hotel and motel industry”, the group of enterprises actively engaged in the business of operating lodging facilities for transient guests;
(7) “Person”, any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, corporation whether municipal or private and whether organized for profit or not, estate, trust, business trust, receiver or trustee appointed by any state or federal court, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit;
(8) “Transient guest”, a person who occupies a room or rooms in a hotel or motel for thirty-one days or less during any calendar quarter.