(a) The City of Bastrop or Bastrop County may:
(1) perform reasonable inspections, gather and test samples, and perform other testing; or
(2) require the district or the contractor for the work to perform reasonable inspections, gather and test samples, and perform other testing.
(b) The district may include the cost of inspecting, sampling, and testing in the bid specifications. If the district includes the costs in the bid specifications, the costs are allowable charges for spending road money.