track of THEIR roaming livestock inside or outside of fence. Abbott's solution; blame by de-characterizing someone with an opposing stance to the liability and responsibility of the livestock owner. Its like leaving an expensive mountain bicycle in your front yard inside the fence.
Roaming fenced in cattle is a County Matter, not one for the State, which makes Greg Abbott seem:
http://www.cowlesthompson.com/userfiles/articles/Spitzer----Livestock-Owner-Liability.pdf
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1) Stock Election Law
The Texas Agriculture Code provides that a county or an area within a county may adopt
the stock election law by a vote of the county residents. The general effect of the stock election
law is that livestock owners must keep their livestock fenced in. A livestock owner who
knowingly permits his livestock to run at large in an area that has adopted the stock election law
is guilty of a misdemeanor offense.1
Most counties in Texas have now adopted the stock election law. The County Clerk in
each county maintains minutes regarding whether the County s Commissioner s Court has
conducted an election in which the stock election law was adopted.
full pdf at link
http://www.insure.com/car-insurance/texas-highway.html
Insurance companies can investigate losses only if the business/operation is actually insurable!