Definitions
This law gives the definitions for words used in the bus transportation laws. A 'bus' is a motor vehicle that holds at least 15 people and is used to carry passengers or cargo for money — but not school buses. A 'bus transportation company' is any person or business that runs those buses for money on Missouri roads. A 'charter' is when a group rents an entire bus together for a set price to go somewhere. A 'passenger' includes not just riders, but also people picking someone up or dropping off cargo. A 'terminal' is a bus station or stop, including nearby parking areas.
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 for hire, but not to include a bus or coach utilized ly to transport children to and from schools;
(2) "Bus transportation company" or "company", any person, groups of persons or providing for-hire transport to passengers or cargo by bus upon the highways of this state, whether in or 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, , boards and except school districts established under the laws of this state;
(3) "", a group of persons who, a common purpose and under a single contract, and at a charge for the vehicle in accordance with a bus transportation company's , have acquired the exclusive use of a bus to travel together as a group to a specified destination;
(4) "Passenger", any person 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) "", 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 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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Source & history notes
(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.
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