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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-TX-005	Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.085Area Quarantine; Criminal Penalty	Texas Legislature (Health and Safety Code ch. 81, Subchapter E)	TexasState	Sept. 1, 1989	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-066	TDCJ Visitation Alert of Mar. 13, 2020Visitation temporarily suspended at all TDCJ facilities statewide until further notice, 'in accordance with Governor Abbott's declaration'	Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Executive Director Bryan Collier)	Texas Department of Criminal Justice; State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-074	Court Order 20-020, Disaster DeclarationCommissioners Court renewal of the disaster declaration 'until cancelled' (Mar. 17, 2020)	Denton County Commissioners Court (Judge Eads and Commissioners Coleman, Marchant, Mitchell, Edmondson)	Denton County, TexasCounty	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering cap	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. MET-SAT-016	VIA release: customers required to wear face coverings beginning Wednesday, April 22, 2020VIA Customers Required to Wear Face Covering Beginning Wednesday	VIA Metropolitan Transit	VIA Metropolitan TransitSector regulator	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-090	TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation)TEA SY 2020-21 Public Health Planning Guidance and 2021-22 updates	Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath)	TexasSector regulator	July 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-094	Notice: Federal face mask order enforced (Feb. 2, 2021)Trinity Metro enforcement of the CDC conveyance mask order from 11:59 p.m. Feb. 1, 2021	Trinity Metro	Trinity Metro service areaSector regulator	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-087	CapMetro press release: 'CapMetro Reminds Customers: Face Masks Are Required - New Federal Regulations Require Face Masks Nationwide on Public Transit'Release confirming that face masks are required of customers and employees on CapMetro services and at facilities, strengthened by the CDC…	Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro), a political subdivision transit authority	Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority service area (Austin and suburbs)Sector regulator	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAT-062	VIA COVID-19 information page (captured July 24, 2021): masks required per federal order; GA-34 does not affect VIA's requirementVIA COVID-19 page: 'Masks will be required per federal order'	VIA Metropolitan Transit	VIA Metropolitan TransitSector regulator	July 24, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-065	Fort Bend County Local Mask Order (county posting)Fort Bend County Local Mask Order	County Judge KP George	Fort Bend County, TexasCounty	Mar. 9, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAT-058	VIA release: mask requirement still in effect for VIA customers after GA-34Mask Requirement Still in Effect for VIA Customers	VIA Metropolitan Transit	VIA Metropolitan TransitSector regulator	Mar. 3, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAT-059	Executive Order NW-20 (post-GA-34: Health and Safety Policy posting continues; county facilities)Executive Order NW-20 of Bexar County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	Bexar County, TexasCounty	Mar. 9, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TX-029	Executive Order GA-34Relating to the opening of Texas in response to the COVID-19 disaster	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	Mar. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-051	Modification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person ProceedingsModification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person Proceedings	Harris County Local Administrative District Judge	Harris County, Texas (all courts)Court	Mar. 15, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-029	Executive Order GA-36Relating to the prohibition of governmental entities and officials from mandating face coverings or restricting activities in response to…	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	May 18, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. TX-031	Executive Order GA-36Relating to the prohibition of governmental entities and officials from mandating face coverings or restricting activities in response to…	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	May 18, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-049	County Judge Order 2021-05; Relating to COVID-19Order directing Travis County and County facilities to follow the Health Authority's recommendations and guidance of May 21, 2021 (recording…	Travis County Judge Andy Brown	Travis County, Texas (County government and County facilities)County	May 21, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-037	Order Requiring Fever and Health Screening and Face Coverings in County Owned or Controlled BuildingsOrder Requiring Fever and Health Screenings and Face Coverings in County Buildings	Harris County Commissioners Court	Harris County, TexasCounty	May 25, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-067	TDCJ Connections, 'Visitation to resume in August' (July 2021)Visitation to resume in August 2021: contact visits only for vaccinated and eligible inmates, two hours, two adults and two children, two…	Texas Department of Criminal Justice	Texas Department of Criminal Justice; State levelState	July 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Gathering capVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-040	Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (consolidated order: testing and hospital reporting; prohibition of governmental…	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	July 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-051	Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (no governmental vaccine mandates; face-covering rules)	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	July 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-047	Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (consolidation of GA-34, GA-35, GA-36; no governmental mask mandates; no vaccine…	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	July 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. TX-036	Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	July 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-038	City of Dallas FAQ: Federal Orders and Directives, Governor's Executive Orders, City of Dallas Emergency Regulations (revised July 30, 2021)Emergency Regulations FAQ as revised July 30, 2021	City of Dallas	City of Dallas, TexasCity	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-063	Special Order of the Bexar County Local Administrative Judge suspending in-person jury serviceOrder of the Bexar County Local Administrative Judge Suspending Jury Service	Bexar County Local Administrative Judge	Bexar County courts (District, County and Justice courts)Court	Aug. 4, 2021	2021 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read

Texas Legislature (Health and Safety Code ch. 81, Subchapter E), Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.085 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TX-005)
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Executive Director Bryan Collier), TDCJ Visitation Alert of Mar. 13, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-066)
Denton County Commissioners Court (Judge Eads and Commissioners Coleman, Marchant, Mitchell, Edmondson), Court Order 20-020, Disaster Declaration (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-074)
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)
VIA Metropolitan Transit, VIA release: customers required to wear face coverings beginning Wednesday, April 22, 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-016)
Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath), TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation) (Ex. SEC-15-090)
Trinity Metro, Notice: Federal face mask order enforced (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-094)
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro), a political subdivision transit authority, CapMetro press release: 'CapMetro Reminds Customers: Face Masks Are Required - New Federal Regulations Require Face Masks Nationwide on Public Transit' (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-087)
VIA Metropolitan Transit, VIA COVID-19 information page (captured July 24, 2021): masks required per federal order; GA-34 does not affect VIA's requirement (Ex. MET-SAT-062)
County Judge KP George, Fort Bend County Local Mask Order (county posting) (Mar. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-065)
VIA Metropolitan Transit, VIA release: mask requirement still in effect for VIA customers after GA-34 (Mar. 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-058)
County Judge Nelson W. Wolff, Executive Order NW-20 (post-GA-34: Health and Safety Policy posting continues; county facilities) (Mar. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-059)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-34 (Mar. 2, 2021) (Ex. TX-029)
Harris County Local Administrative District Judge, Modification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person Proceedings (Mar. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-051)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-36 (May 18, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-029)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-36 (May 18, 2021) (Ex. TX-031)
Travis County Judge Andy Brown, County Judge Order 2021-05; Relating to COVID-19 (May 21, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-049)
Harris County Commissioners Court, Order Requiring Fever and Health Screening and Face Coverings in County Owned or Controlled Buildings (May 25, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-037)
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TDCJ Connections, 'Visitation to resume in August' (July 2021) (July 1, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-067)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-040)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-051)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-047)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. TX-036)
City of Dallas, City of Dallas FAQ: Federal Orders and Directives, Governor's Executive Orders, City of Dallas Emergency Regulations (revised July 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-038)
Bexar County Local Administrative Judge, Special Order of the Bexar County Local Administrative Judge suspending in-person jury service (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-063)

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