§ 40-1A. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

City means the City of Kansas City, Missouri as defined by the City Charter.

Commissioner means the Commissioner of Revenue of the City of Kansas City, Missouri.

Insurance company means a corporation or association whose business is to make contracts of insurance by which it agrees to indemnify the other parties thereto from a loss or damage which they may suffer from a specified peril. An insurance company includes mutual companies and stock companies. A mutual insurance company is one whose fund for the payment of losses consists not of capital subscribed or furnished by outside parties, but of premiums mutually contributed by the parties insured. A stock company is one organized according to the usual form of business corporations, having a capital stock divided into shares, which, with current income and accumulated surplus, constitutes the fund for the payment of losses, policy-holders paying fixed premiums and not being members of the association unless they also happen to be stockholders.

Investment company means any person registered as an investment company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

Last known address means: (a) the address given in the licensee's last city tax return filed, unless after the filing of such return the licensee shall have notified the commissioner of revenue of a change of address; or, (b) a mailing address for the licensee provided by the United States Postal Service to the commissioner, including information from the United States Postal Service National Change of Address database; whichever address shall have been provided later to the commissioner of revenue.

Motor vehicle business means any person who would qualify as a motor vehicle dealer as defined in RSMo § 301.550, as amended from time to time, and includes a new motor vehicle franchise dealer, a used motor vehicle dealer and a wholesale motor vehicle dealer, all as defined in such statute.

Person means a person as defined in Section 1-10 of the Code of Ordinances.

Securities broker or securities dealer means any person who meets the definition of a broker-dealer under the Missouri Securities Act of 2003, RSMo §§ 409.1-101 to 409.7-703, as amended from time to time.

Subcontractor, as used in section 40-79 of this chapter, does not include a person who merely furnishes material or supplies without fabricating them in the performance of the building project.

(Ord. No. 090973, § 2, 12-17-09; Ord. No. 130044, § 1, 1-31-13)