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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MA-012	St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8AAn Act to Provide for the Safety of the Commonwealth During the Existence of an Emergency Resulting from Disaster or from Hostile Action	General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law)	MassachusettsState	July 20, 1950	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-009	11 O.S. 22-120 (with 22-121), in the Legislature's complete Title 11 (page 182 of the exhibit)Public health, hospitals, quarantine, and environmental hazards; Nuisances	Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Municipal Code, Title 11)	OklahomaState	July 1, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-003	Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301)35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7301, General authority of Governor	General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 26, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-011	Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g)Movement of People; Declaration of Local Disaster (control of movement of persons and occupancy of premises)	Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418)	TexasState	Sept. 1, 1987	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OH-004	Statute (effective September 10, 2012, Am. Sub. H.B. 487, 129th G.A.)Prohibition against violating pandemic, epidemic or bioterrorism rule or order	General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701)	OhioState	Sept. 10, 2012	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-015	64 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule)Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions: reporting duties; outbreak reporting; control measures; isolation, quarantine and placarding…	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature)	West VirginiaState	July 12, 2013	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-001	Idaho Code section 56-1003(7) (text as in force March 2020 through June 30, 2021)Powers and duties of the director: orders of isolation and quarantine; misdemeanor for violation	Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 56, ch. 10, Department of Health and Welfare)	IdahoState	July 1, 2016	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-006	C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704 (The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations)The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations	Colorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018)	ColoradoState	Oct. 1, 2018	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-003	RSMo 192.300Counties may make additional health rules -- fees, deposit in county treasury, purpose -- individuals unable to pay not to be denied health…	Missouri General Assembly (Revised Statutes of Missouri, chapter 192)	MissouriState	Aug. 28, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-015	Ind. Code Title 10, Article 14 (2020 edition): section 10-14-3-34 (Offenses) as in force from the recodification of 2003 through April 14, 2021, with sections 10-14-3-11, -12 and -22Emergency Management and Disaster Law, 2020 edition: the Class B misdemeanor for knowing, intentional or reckless violation, recited in…	Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2020 edition)	IndianaState	Apr. 14, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-009	TDLR COVID-19 page, 'TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat' (TDLR Updates Mar. 13-Oct. 13, 2020, with the Governor's executive orders and waivers), as archived Oct. 16, 2020TDLR COVID-19 Information Page (updates through Oct. 13, 2020)	Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation	Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-005	S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440Additional powers and duties of Governor during declared emergency	General Assembly of South Carolina	South CarolinaState	June 11, 2008	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-004	37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended)Title 37-B, Chapter 13: Maine Emergency Management Agency (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)	Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-006	63 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025)Emergency Powers and Duties of Governor	Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003)	OklahomaState	Nov. 1, 2009	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capSupply chainStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-031	Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-03Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19	NCUA	United States; National Credit Union Administration (federal)Federal	Mar. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-008	W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied onEmergency Management Act: definition of 'disaster' (including 'epidemic'); proclamation of a state of emergency and additional powers of the…	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Feb. 23, 2023	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MS-060	City of Jackson COVID-19 Executive Orders (compilation, 102 pages): Proclamation of Civil Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020); Proclamation of Executive Order Requiring Individuals to Stay at Home, Barring Non-Essential Business (Mar. 31, 2020; effective Apr. 3 - Apr. 17, 2020; continued Apr. 16 and Apr. 30, 2020 to May 15); Stay Safe Jackson Executive Order (effective May 16, 2020); Amended (June 4, 2020) and Second Amended Stay Safe Jackson (effective July 2, 2020); Mayoral Curfew Orders (effective Aug. 12 and Aug. 19, 2020); Proclamations closing City Hall and requiring non-essential City employees to work remotely (Dec. 19, 2020 - Jan. 6, 2021; Jan. 7 - Jan. 21; Jan. 22 - Feb. 12, 2021; Dec. 29, 2021 - Jan. 5, 2022); Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 10, 2021) and Amended Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 24, 2021); City employee face-covering-or-vaccination Executive Orders (effective Aug. 16, 2021; amended effective Aug. 23, 2021; amended effective Sept. 20, 2021)COVID-19 Executive Orders, City of Jackson	Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba	City of Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)City	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. FL-005	Executive Order 20-68Emergency Management - COVID-19 (bars, pubs, nightclubs, beaches, restaurants)	Governor Ron DeSantis	FloridaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-021	Emergency Executive Orders compendium (City page)City of Saint Paul Emergency Executive Orders 2020-1 through 2022-18 and the emergency declaration continuations (full text as published by…	Mayor Melvin Carter III (Office of the Mayor; Saint Paul Emergency Management)	City of Saint Paul, MinnesotaCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. OH-065	Executive Order 2020-04D; Ohio Adm. Code 5101:2-12-02.1 (emergency)Establishing a Temporary Pandemic Child Care License and Emergency Adoption of Rule 5101:2-12-02.1 of the Ohio Administrative Code by the…	Governor Mike DeWine (Executive Order 2020-04D) and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services	OhioState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-045	Metro Transit COVID-19 Updates (page as captured Mar. 22, 2020)Metro Transit: 15-passenger capacity limit, Saturday schedules seven days a week, rear-door exit	City of Madison Metro Transit	City of Madison, Wisconsin (Metro Transit)City	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. CA-002	Executive Order N-33-20Executive Order N-33-20 (statewide stay-at-home order incorporating the State Public Health Officer's order of March 19, 2020) (attested…	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. CA-007	Executive Order N-33-20 with the Order of the State Public Health Officer of March 19, 2020 (text copy)Executive Order N-33-20 (statewide stay-at-home order)	Governor Gavin Newsom; State Public Health Officer Sonia Angell	CaliforniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-008	DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020)Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster: Calls on Texans to stay home and limit gatherings to 10 people	Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D.	TexasState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-103	COVID-19: Service reductions, closures, cancellations, updates (running notice, published Apr. 16, 2020; first posted Mar. 20, 2020)COVID-19: Service reductions, closures, cancellations, updates	96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB (published on eglin.af.mil)	Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (96th Test Wing)Federal	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hours	Primary source read

General Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law), St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-012)
Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Municipal Code, Title 11), 11 O.S. 22-120 (with 22-121), in the Legislature's complete Title 11 (page 182 of the exhibit) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-009)
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-003)
Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418), Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g) (standing) (Ex. DUT-TX-011)
General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701), Statute (effective September 10, 2012, Am. Sub. H.B. 487, 129th G.A.) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-004)
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature), 64 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule) (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-015)
Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 56, ch. 10, Department of Health and Welfare), Idaho Code section 56-1003(7) (text as in force March 2020 through June 30, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-001)
Colorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018), C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704 (The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CO-006)
Missouri General Assembly (Revised Statutes of Missouri, chapter 192), RSMo 192.300 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MO-003)
Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2020 edition), Ind. Code Title 10, Article 14 (2020 edition): section 10-14-3-34 (Offenses) as in force from the recodification of 2003 through April 14, 2021, with sections 10-14-3-11, -12 and -22 (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-015)
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, TDLR COVID-19 page, 'TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat' (TDLR Updates Mar. 13-Oct. 13, 2020, with the Governor's executive orders and waivers), as archived Oct. 16, 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-009)
General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440 (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-005)
Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers), 37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-004)
Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003), 63 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-006)
NCUA, Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-03 (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-031)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied on (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-008)
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, City of Jackson COVID-19 Executive Orders (compilation, 102 pages): Proclamation of Civil Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020); Proclamation of Executive Order Requiring Individuals to Stay at Home, Barring Non-Essential Business (Mar. 31, 2020; effective Apr. 3 - Apr. 17, 2020; continued Apr. 16 and Apr. 30, 2020 to May 15); Stay Safe Jackson Executive Order (effective May 16, 2020); Amended (June 4, 2020) and Second Amended Stay Safe Jackson (effective July 2, 2020); Mayoral Curfew Orders (effective Aug. 12 and Aug. 19, 2020); Proclamations closing City Hall and requiring non-essential City employees to work remotely (Dec. 19, 2020 - Jan. 6, 2021; Jan. 7 - Jan. 21; Jan. 22 - Feb. 12, 2021; Dec. 29, 2021 - Jan. 5, 2022); Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 10, 2021) and Amended Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order (effective May 24, 2021); City employee face-covering-or-vaccination Executive Orders (effective Aug. 16, 2021; amended effective Aug. 23, 2021; amended effective Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. MS-060)
Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 20-68 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FL-005)
Mayor Melvin Carter III (Office of the Mayor; Saint Paul Emergency Management), Emergency Executive Orders compendium (City page) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-021)
Governor Mike DeWine (Executive Order 2020-04D) and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Executive Order 2020-04D; Ohio Adm. Code 5101:2-12-02.1 (emergency) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. OH-065)
City of Madison Metro Transit, Metro Transit COVID-19 Updates (page as captured Mar. 22, 2020) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-045)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-33-20 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. CA-002)
Governor Gavin Newsom; State Public Health Officer Sonia Angell, Executive Order N-33-20 with the Order of the State Public Health Officer of March 19, 2020 (text copy) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. CA-007)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D, DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-008)
96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB (published on eglin.af.mil), COVID-19: Service reductions, closures, cancellations, updates (running notice, published Apr. 16, 2020; first posted Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-103)

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