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Solid 'Waste Recycling Exemption The requirement that not more than 15. perce� oflmixed, municipal solid wastereceived by recycling or composting facilities bedispasead ofrrather than recycled-orcomposted, is suspended.& long as the need. -for the exception is triggered by operational changes implemented. to address the COVID-.M pandemic. Pension Changes — Effective January'1„2021, the maximum lump -stun pension amount for volunteer firefighters-isincteased from $10;060.to t!5,000 per year of service.Ivlunicipa1.j#es are permitted to split state fire-aid'received between its career firefighters. and its affiliate&volunteer firefighters, but only if the amount.allocated.to the career firefighters is approved by the membership ofthe volunteer firefighter relief association. Any aid *allocated to career firefighters must be used to pay the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) employer' contributions on'their behalf within 18 months of the transfer or be returned to the relief association. Police Accountability:Act—The Legislature passed the Police Accountability Act, which enacstedanumber of changes to laws governing police conduct, training, and oversight. Among the more significant ohangps adopted were: • Defined and authorized. "public safety peer counseling' and. "critical.incident:stress-management;' and classifies information shared in these settings as priyote -data.. .• Established an. Independent Use of Force Investigations. Unit within the Bureau of: Criminal Apprehension to investigate all officer -involved dbaths- -in. the state, as well as: criminal sexual as kWt allegations against peace officers; effective August 1., 2or26 • Authorized statutory or.home.rule charter cities-Wofferincentives to encourage a personhiredas a peace officer to be a resident of the city. • Limited the use of certain. restraint methods by peace. officer unless the use of deadly force is authorized in a given situation. 0 Established and modified-provisibns related to law.enforceiaent use: of deadly force. e Defined. and prohibited "warrior -style" training for peace officers.. • Established a 15-member "Ensuring Police Excellence and Improving, Community Relations Advisory Council" under the Police Officer Standards. and Training (POST) Board; to assist the POST Board in maintaining. policies and regulating peace officers in a manner that ensures the protection of civil and human rights: • Established a duty fox -peace officers to intercede when:another officer is using excessive force and. repoil incidents ofexcessive force tgsupervisors.. -20-