Texas Natural Resources Code - Section 11.072. Fences With And Without Gates
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§ 11.072. FENCES WITH AND WITHOUT GATES. (a) A person who
has used any of the pasture land by joining fences or otherwise and
who builds or maintains more than three miles lineal measure of
fences running in the same general direction without a gate in it
shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000.
(b) The gate in the fence described in Subsection (a) of
this section shall be at least 10 feet wide and shall not be locked
or kept closed so that it obstructs free ingress or egress.
(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to persons
who have previously settled on land not their own, if the enclosure
is 200 acres or less and if the principal pursuit of the person on
the land is agriculture.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2353, ch. 871, art. I, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1977.
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