A county, city, town, school district, metropolitan park district, park and recreation district, port district, or park and recreation service area may, without regard to competitive bidding laws for public works, contract with a chamber of commerce; a service organization; a community, youth, or athletic association; or other similar association located and providing service in its immediate neighborhood for:  drawing design plans; making improvements to a park, school playground, public square, or port habitat site; installing equipment or artworks; or providing maintenance services for a facility or facilities such as a community or neighborhood project, or environmental stewardship project.

The contracting association may be reimbursed for its expenses.  The contracting association may use volunteers in the project and provide them with clothing or tools, meals or refreshments, accident or injury insurance coverage, and reimbursement of their expenses.  The consideration to be received by the public entity through the value of the projects must have a value at least equal to three times that of the payment to the contracting association. 

The projects for which a county, city, town, school district, metropolitan park district, park and recreation district, port district, or park and recreation service area may contract without regard to competitive bidding laws are expanded to include making improvements to other public spaces and providing maintenance for equipment or artworks.  "Environmental stewardship project" is changed to an "environmental justice stewardship or sustainability project."  For consideration to be received by the public entity, the projects must have a value at least equal to two times the payment to the contracting association.

The contracting association may use volunteers to whom no wage or salary compensation is paid.