Terms Used In Missouri Laws 259.040

  • Council: the state oil and gas council established by section 259. See Missouri Laws 259.050
  • Gas: all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons which are produced at the wellhead and not hereinbelow defined as oil. See Missouri Laws 259.050
  • Oil: crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons regardless of gravity which are produced at the wellhead in liquid form and the liquid hydrocarbons known as distillate or condensate recovered or extracted from gas, other than gas produced in association with oil and commonly known as casinghead gas. See Missouri Laws 259.050
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Representatives of the member state agencies shall not receive any additional compensation for their services as representatives on the council and all expenses of the state agency representatives shall be paid by their respective agency. The professor of petroleum engineering, the member from the Missouri Independent Oil and Gas Association and the public members shall not receive any compensation for their services as representatives on the council and all expenses of such representatives shall be paid by their respective entities.