1. 1. As used in sections 238.200 to 238.275, the following terms mean:

   1. (1) "Board", the board of directors of a district;
   2. (2) "Commission", the Missouri highways and transportation commission;
   3. (3) "District", a transportation development district organized under sections 238.200 to 238.275;
   4. (4) "Local transportation authority", a county, city, town, village, county highway commission, special road district, interstate compact agency, or any local public authority or political subdivision having jurisdiction over any bridge, street, highway, dock, wharf, ferry, lake or river port, airport, railroad, light rail or other transit improvement or service;
   5. (5) "Project" includes any bridge, street, road, highway, access road, interchange, intersection, signing, signalization, parking lot, bus stop, station, garage, terminal, hangar, shelter, rest area, dock, wharf, lake or river port, airport, railroad, light rail, or other mass transit and any similar or related improvement or infrastructure.

2. 2. For the purposes of sections 11(c), 16 and 22 of article X of the Constitution of Missouri, section 137.073, and as used in sections 238.200 to 238.275, the following terms shall have the meanings given:

   1. (1) "Approval of the required majority" or "direct voter approval", a simple majority;

   2. (2) "Qualified electors", "qualified voters" or "voters":

      1. (a) Within a proposed or established district, except for a district proposed under subsection 1 of section 238.207, any persons residing therein who have registered to vote pursuant to chapter 115; or
      2. (b) Within a district proposed or established under subsection 1 of section 238.207 which has no persons residing therein who have registered to vote pursuant to chapter 115, the owners of record of all real property located in the district, who shall receive one vote per acre, provided that if a registered voter subsequent to the creation of the district becomes a resident within the district and obtains ownership of property within the district, such registered voter must elect whether to vote as an owner of real property or as a registered voter, which election once made cannot thereafter be changed;
   3. (3) "Registered voters", persons qualified and registered to vote pursuant to chapter 115.

(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 36, A.L. 1997 S.B. 303, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22, A.L. 2008 S.B. 930 & 947)