Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.940
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71.940 Codification and compilation of ordinances, defined.
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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.
(L. 1997 H.B. 749 § 1)
(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.
(L. 1997 H.B. 749 § 1)
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