620.170. Law, how cited--definitions.

Law, how cited--definitions.

620.170. 1. Sections 620.170 to 620.174 may be cited as the"Missouri Export Development Office Act".

2. As used in sections 620.170 to 620.174, the followingterms mean:

(1) "Board", the Missouri economic development, export andinfrastructure board;

(2) "Director", the executive director of the* Missouriexport development office;

(3) "Export trade assistance" includes, but is not limitedto, staff assistance provided by the office to potential Missouriexporters in the areas of international market research,advertising, marketing, insurance, legal assistance,transportation, including trade documentation and freightforwarding, and processing of foreign orders to and for exportersand foreign purchases and warehousing, when undertaken to exportor facilitate the export of goods or services produced orassembled in this state;

(4) "Financial institution", any credit union, bank orsavings and loan association regulated by the state of Missourior the United States government; any insurance company authorizedto transact business in Missouri, or any person or institutionwhose primary business is lending money and who is regulated bythe state;

(5) "Office", the Missouri export development office,created by sections 620.170 to 620.174.

(L. 1989 H.B. 378 §§ 11, 12)

*Word "the" does not appear in original rolls.