Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 7 - MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Division 265 - Motor Carrier and Railroad Safety
Chapter 10 - Motor Carrier Operations
Section 7 CSR 265-10.010 - Definitions

(A) Civil subdivision means a political subdivision, public corporation, or quasi-corporation, or public governmental entity, which is established by law exclusively for public purposes. The term includes every county, township, municipality, incorporated town and village; public school district; road district; library district; drainage; sewer or levee district; fire district; county sports complex authority; special taxing district for public works or public improvements; soil and water conservation district; watershed subdistrict; board of control of a public art museum; other public boards, commissions and districts established by law, and their officers, agents, and employees acting within the lawful scope of their official duties. The taxing power is not a prerequisite to being a civil subdivision, but possession of lawful taxing power creates a presumption that the possessor is a civil subdivision;

(B) Commission means the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission;

(C) Contract carrier means a person who engages in the transportation of passengers or property by motor vehicle upon the public highways for hire or compensation under individual, continuing contracts, or agreements. Contracts for the transportation of passengers or household goods shall meet the requirements as in Chapters 387 and 390, RSMo. The initial contract(s) for the transportation of passengers shall be filed with the commission along with the application for authority.