{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.047","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 11.047","heading":"FAILURE TO FENCE.","body":"If a person, association of persons, corporation, or water improvement or irrigation district that owns or controls a ditch, canal, reservoir, dam, or lake does not keep it securely fenced, there is no cause of action against the owner of livestock that trespass.\nAmended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE B. WATER RIGHTS","CHAPTER 11. WATER RIGHTS","SUBCHAPTER B. RIGHTS IN STATE WATER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm#11.047","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"d7c4872ac1aedb27df3bc997e4e343c9df392460b71603bcbd7e0400049de43f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.046","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.048"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}