Missouri Laws 135.300 – Definitions
As used in sections 135.300 to 135.311, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1) “Missouri forestry industry residue”, any residue that results from normal timber harvest or production to include slash, sawdust, shavings, edgings, slabs, leaves, bark, and timber thinnings from timber stand improvements;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 135.300
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Processed wood products”, wood pellets, cubes, flour, or any product that results from thermal, chemical, or mechanical processes that sufficiently alter the wood residue to be used as an energy source. Hogged wood and chipped wood do not qualify as processed wood energy resources under sections 135.300 to 135.311;
(3) “Wood energy producer”, any person, firm or corporation who engages in the business of producing processed wood products, to be used as an energy source, from Missouri forest industry residues;
(4) “Wood energy producing facility”, a Missouri facility using Missouri forest industry residue to produce processed wood products.