319.078. Definitions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Definitions.

319.078. As used in sections 319.075 to 319.090, thefollowing terms mean:

(1) "Authorized person":

(a) An employee of a public utility or an employee of acontractor which has been authorized by a public utility toperform construction, operation or maintenance on or near thepoles or structures of such utility;

(b) An employee of a cable television or communicationservices company or an employee of a contractor authorized tomake cable television or communication service attachments; or

(c) An employee of the state or a county or municipalitywhich has authorized circuit construction, operation ormaintenance on or near the poles or structures of a publicutility;

(2) "High voltage", electric potential in excess of sixhundred volts measured between conductors or between a conductorand the ground;

(3) "Overhead lines", all electrical conductors installedabove ground;

(4) "Person", an individual, firm, joint venture,partnership, corporation, association, municipality, orgovernmental unit which performs or contracts to perform anyfunction or activity upon any land, building, highway or otherpremises in proximity to an overhead line;

(5) "Public utility" includes those entities defined assuch in section 386.020, RSMo, as well as municipally ownedelectrical systems and electric cooperatives provided for inchapters 91 and 394, RSMo.