Missouri Laws 67.638 – Definitions
As used in sections 67.638 to 67.645, the following terms mean:
(1) “City”, a city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants, located wholly or partially within a first class county with a charter form of government which does not adjoin a city not within a county or a charter city located in a first class county;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 67.638
- 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) “Convention and sports complex fund”, the fund established by a county or city pursuant to the provisions of sections 67.638 to 67.645, for the purposes of developing, maintaining or operating within its jurisdiction, sports, convention, exhibition or trade facilities;
(3) “County”, a first class county, other than a first class county with a charter form of government which adjoins a city not within a county;
(4) “Governing body”, the county commission or other governing body charged with governing the county or the city council charged with governing the city.