Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.940: Codification and compilation of ordinances, defined.

For the purposes of sections 71.940 to 71.948, the following terms mean:

(1) "Codification" includes:

(a) The compilation and revision of the general ordinances of the municipality;

(b) The changing of sections deemed advisable;

(c) The omission of sections deemed unnecessary;

(d) The addition of new provisions; and

(e) The adoption of the whole by an adopting ordinance and publication in permanently bound or loose-leaf book form;

(2) "Compilation" includes the collecting, assembling and organizing of existing ordinances of the municipality and publication thereof in permanently bound or loose-leaf book form.