Missouri Revised Statutes Title VI. County, Township and Political Subdivision Government § 67.604. Definitions

(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;

(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.