Effective - 01 Jan 2017
577.700. Definitions. — As used in sections 577.700 to 577.718 and section 307.176* unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean:
(1) "Bus", any passenger bus or coach or other motor vehicle having a seating capacity of not less than fifteen passengers operated by a bus transportation company for the purpose of carrying passengers or cargo for hire, but not to include a bus or coach utilized exclusively to transport children to and from schools;
(2) "Bus transportation company" or "company", any person, groups of persons or corporation providing for-hire transport to passengers or cargo by bus upon the highways of this state, whether in interstate or intrastate travel, but not to include a company utilizing buses transporting children to and from school. This term shall also include bus transportation facilities owned or operated by local public bodies, municipalities, public corporations, boards and commissions except school districts established under the laws of this state;
(3) "Charter", a group of persons who, pursuant to a common purpose and under a single contract, and at a fixed charge for the vehicle in accordance with a bus transportation company's tariff, have acquired the exclusive use of a bus to travel together as a group to a specified destination;
(4) "Passenger", any person served by the transportation company and, in addition to the ordinary meaning of passenger, this term shall also include persons accompanying or meeting another who is transported by a company, any person shipping or receiving cargo;
(5) "Terminal", a bus station or depot or any facility operated or leased by or operated on behalf of a bus transportation company, including a reasonable area immediately adjacent to any designated stop along the route traveled by any coach operated by a bus transportation company, and parking lots or parking areas adjacent to a terminal.
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(L. 1982 S.B. 519 § 1, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 578.300; Effective 1-01-17
*Section 307.176 was repealed by H.B. 1965, 2010.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 577 - Public Safety Offenses
Section 577.001 - Chapter definitions.
Section 577.010 - Driving while intoxicated — sentencing restrictions.
Section 577.012 - Driving with excessive blood alcohol content — sentencing restrictions.
Section 577.013 - Boating while intoxicated — sentencing restrictions.
Section 577.015 - Operating an aircraft while intoxicated — penalties.
Section 577.016 - Operating an aircraft with excessive blood alcohol content — penalties.
Section 577.017 - Consumption of alcoholic beverages while driving — penalty.
Section 577.019 - Citation of law.
Section 577.021 - Chemical testing authorized — reasonable efforts to test required — admissibility.
Section 577.024 - Unlawful use of water skis and surfboards — penalty.
Section 577.025 - Negligent operation of a vessel — penalty.
Section 577.031 - Persons administering tests not liable, when.
Section 577.033 - Inability of person to be tested to refuse, effect.
Section 577.037 - Chemical tests, results admitted into evidence, when, effect of.
Section 577.060 - Leaving the scene of an accident — penalties.
Section 577.068 - Failure to report a shooting — penalties.
Section 577.070 - Littering — penalties.
Section 577.073 - Damaging state park property — penalties.
Section 577.075 - Anhydrous ammonia, unlawful release — penalty.
Section 577.076 - Unlawful disposition of a dead animal — penalty.
Section 577.078 - Water contamination — penalty.
Section 577.100 - Abandonment of airtight or semi-airtight containers — penalty.
Section 577.150 - Tampering with a water supply — penalty.
Section 577.155 - Construction or use of a waste disposal well — definitions — penalty.
Section 577.161 - Prohibiting the use of a life jacket — definitions — penalty.
Section 577.599 - Failure to comply with ignition interlock device requirements — penalty.
Section 577.605 - Failure to notify another of ignition interlock requirements — penalty.
Section 577.612 - Tampering with or circumventing the operation of an interlock device — penalty.
Section 577.675 - Transportation of an illegal alien — penalty.
Section 577.685 - Illegal reentry, offense of, penalty.
Section 577.700 - Definitions.
Section 577.706 - Planting a bomb or explosive in or near a bus or terminal — penalties.
Section 577.718 - Removal of baggage or cargo without owner's permission — penalty.