Sec. 11.074. HERDING AND LINE-RIDING. (a) No owner of stock, manager, agent, employee, or servant may fence, use, occupy, or appropriate by herding or line-riding any portion of the public land of the state or land which belongs to the public schools or asylums unless he obtains a lease for the land from the proper authority.
(b) Any owner of stock or his manager, agent, employee, or servant who fences, uses, occupies, or appropriates by herding or line-riding any portion of the land covered by Subsection (a) of this section without a lease for the land, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 and confined in the county jail for not less than three months nor more than two years. Each day for which a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
(c) Prosecution under this section may take place in the county in which a portion of the land is located or to which the county may be attached for judicial purposes or in Travis County.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2353, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - General Provisions
Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain
Subchapter D. Regulation of the Public Domain
Section 11.071. Recovery of Value of Minerals and Timber
Section 11.072. Fences With and Without Gates
Section 11.073. Definition of Fencing
Section 11.074. Herding and Line-Riding
Section 11.075. Appropriation of Land by Fencing
Section 11.076. Unlawful Enclosures
Section 11.077. Suit Against Adverse Claimant
Section 11.079. Access to Land
Section 11.0791. Other Provisions Regarding Access to State Lands
Section 11.080. Damages to Persons and Personalty
Section 11.082. Notice to School Land Board
Section 11.083. Retention of Mineral Rights
Section 11.084. School Land Board Approval of Patent for Interest in Land Released by State
Section 11.085. Procedure for Applying for Patent for Interest in Land Released by State