{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-70.120","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.120","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in sections 70.120 to 70.200:\n(1) \"Agreement\" shall mean \"contract\" and shall include renewals and alterations of a contract;\n(2) \"Governing body\" shall mean the board, body, or persons in which the powers of a political subdivision as a body corporate, or otherwise, are vested;\n(3) \"Political subdivision\" shall mean any agency or unit of this state which now is, or hereafter shall be, authorized to levy taxes or empowered to cause taxes to be levied;\n(4) \"Project\" shall mean any resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States located within a political subdivision, and shall include the persons inhabiting such projects;\n(5) \"Services\" shall mean such public and municipal functions as are performed for property in, and for persons residing within, a political subdivision.","path":["Title VI - COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT","Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=70.120","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:24Z","sha256":"80851212afe72419bd8d21440fd1f03370ea0ad9c0cb9ef636598cc4bd0a2c04","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-70.115","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-70.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}