Amend CSHB 1541 by adding a new section to read as follows and 
renumbering the following sections as appropriate:
	SECTION ____.  Section 53.029, Water Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection 53.029(e), to read as follows:
	(e)  A district which has duly adopted the rights, authority, 
privileges and functions of a road district in the manner specified 
by Section 53.029(c), Water Code, as amended, may, following 
approval of a construction contract by the district's governing 
body, reimburse expenditures in the manner authorized by Sections 
257.003(a) and (b), Transportation Code, without any additional 
approvals under Section 257.003, Transportation Code.