257.020. Definitions.
Definitions.
257.020. Unless the context requires otherwise, as used inthis chapter the following terms mean:
(1) "Court", the circuit court wherein the petition for theorganization of the district was filed and granted;
(2) "Person", person, firm, copartnership, association orcorporation;
(3) "Public corporation", counties, townships, cities,towns, villages, all special districts, and all othergovernmental agencies;
(4) "River":
(a) The main stream and its tributaries of a primarydrainage basin;
(b) The main stream and its tributaries of a secondarydrainage basin;
(c) The principal stream of a tributary drainage area andits tributaries;
(d) The stream or streams of an unnamed drainage area, thespecific delineation of which is otherwise provided for herein;
(5) "River basin":
(a) A primary drainage basin; and including all of the areaof a primary drainage basin above the point where the main streamof such basin flows out of the state of Missouri;
(b) A secondary drainage basin;
(c) A tributary drainage area, the principal stream of whichdrains directly into the main stream of a primary or secondarydrainage basin; or
(d) The unnamed drainage areas not within any primarydrainage basin and including those areas which border and draindirectly into the Mississippi, Missouri, or Des Moines Rivers;all such basins and areas, and the streams thereof, being thosedelineated on the Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines DrainageMap of 1927 as prepared and drawn under authorization of Laws ofMissouri, 1921, page 88, and which drainage map was accordinglymade of record in the bureau's biennial report of the stategeologist transmitted to the 54th general assembly in 1927. Suchdelineation of basins and areas shall be understood to definetheir general locations and names, if any, and to be notdefinitive of their exact boundaries.
(L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)