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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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-PA-004	Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Chapter 77, sec. 7707)35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7707, Penalties	General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 26, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. PA-001	Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation of Disaster Emergency	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-046	Emergency Declaration (Mar. 7, 2020) and Council Resolution continuing it (Mar. 10, 2020) (County release: Delaware County March 10 Update on Novel Coronavirus)Delaware County March 10 Update on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Delaware County Council (Chairman Brian P. Zidek); Department of Public Relations	Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-072	Resolution continuing the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration (Resolution 31-2020, Mar. 10, 2020) (county PDF 'COVID19Resolution.pdf')Delaware County Council COVID-19 Resolution	Delaware County Council	Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-039	Resolution Ratifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster EmergencyRatifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020)	Bucks County Board of Commissioners (Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Robert Harvie Jr., Gene DiGirolamo)	Bucks County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PIT-009	Declaration of Emergency (Declaration of Disaster Emergency) of the City of PittsburghEmergency Declaration: Resolution providing for a Declaration of Emergency issued by the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh... as it pertains…	Mayor William Peduto (ratified by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, Resolution 140 of 2020, March 17, 2020)	City of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-002	Emergency Order No. 1 (Prohibition on Non-Essential Businesses)Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-066	Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden CountyFreeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020)	Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.)	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-079	Proclamation of Local EmergencyCounty of Camden, State of New Jersey, Proclamation of Local Emergency	Louis Cappelli, Jr., Freeholder Director, and Samuel M. Spino, Emergency Management Coordinator, County of Camden	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationTelework mandateQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-050	Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020Operational Changes for Allegheny County	Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page	Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-119	Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020Statewide K-12 school closure (Mar. 13 - end of the 2019-2020 school year)	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065	Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positionsChild Care Centers - providers approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency	Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL	Pennsylvania; Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (child-care licensing)Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-056	Resolution 140 of 2020 ratifying the Mayor's Declaration of Emergency of March 13, 2020Resolution providing for ratification by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, of a Declaration of Emergency issued by the Mayor of the…	Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Resolution 140 of 2020, File 2020-0221	City of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. PA-081	Press release: Gov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect, Stresses Need for Every Pennsylvanian to Take Action to Stop the SpreadGov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect	Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor press release)	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child careAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. PA-083	DHS Coronavirus - Child Care page: list of child care providers approved by waiver to operate during the closure (archived Mar. 29, 2020)Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Child Care (Child Care Centers approved to operate)	Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL)	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Mar. 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-11-021	Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020)COVID-19 Life Sustaining Business list (Mar. 19, 2020 version)	Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020)	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closure	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-003	Emergency Order No. 2 (Business Activity and Stay at Home Order)Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses and Congregation of Persons to Prevent the Spread of 2019…	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health as an emergency regulation Mar. 26, 2020 (effective Mar. 27, 2020)	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. PA-005	Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Monroe, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties)Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Individuals to Stay at Home	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. PA-074	Act 13 of 2020 - Public School Code amendments: pandemic of 2020 (school closures, 180-day waiver, continuity of education, employee pay)Public School Code of 1949 - Rating System, Persons to be Suspended, Revised Rating System and Pandemic of 2020	General Assembly; approved by Governor Wolf Mar. 27, 2020	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-21-012	Act 13 of 2020 (Act of Mar. 27, 2020, P.L. 62, No. 13)Public School Code of 1949 - Rating System, Persons To Be Suspended, Revised Rating System and Pandemic of 2020 (section 1501.8: closure of…	Pennsylvania General Assembly (Senate Bill 751); approved by Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-068	Extension of the state of emergency (county offices closed indefinitely)Freeholder Board Extends State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 28, 2020)	Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Jonathan Young)	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-051	Amendment to the Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (26 counties; extension to Apr. 30, 2020)Amendment to the Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Individuals to Stay at Home	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. PA-006	Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (statewide)Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Individuals to Stay at Home	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-004	Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care FacilitiesEmergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities and Activities of Residents to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel…	Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner; adopted by Board of Health regulation Apr. 23, 2020 (effective Apr. 23, 2020)	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Stay-at-homeHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read

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)
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Chapter 77, sec. 7707) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-004)
Governor Tom Wolf, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 6, 2020) (Ex. PA-001)
Delaware County Council (Chairman Brian P. Zidek); Department of Public Relations, Emergency Declaration (Mar. 7, 2020) and Council Resolution continuing it (Mar. 10, 2020) (County release: Delaware County March 10 Update on Novel Coronavirus) (Ex. MET-PHL-046)
Delaware County Council, Resolution continuing the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration (Resolution 31-2020, Mar. 10, 2020) (county PDF 'COVID19Resolution.pdf') (Ex. MET-PHL-072)
Bucks County Board of Commissioners (Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Robert Harvie Jr., Gene DiGirolamo), Resolution Ratifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-039)
Mayor William Peduto (ratified by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, Resolution 140 of 2020, March 17, 2020), Declaration of Emergency (Declaration of Disaster Emergency) of the City of Pittsburgh (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-009)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Emergency Order No. 1 (Prohibition on Non-Essential Businesses) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-002)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.), Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-066)
Louis Cappelli, Jr., Freeholder Director, and Samuel M. Spino, Emergency Management Coordinator, County of Camden, Proclamation of Local Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-079)
Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page, Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-050)
Governor Tom Wolf, Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020 (Ex. PA-119)
Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL, Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positions (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Resolution 140 of 2020, File 2020-0221, Resolution 140 of 2020 ratifying the Mayor's Declaration of Emergency of March 13, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-056)
Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor press release), Press release: Gov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect, Stresses Need for Every Pennsylvanian to Take Action to Stop the Spread (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-081)
Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), DHS Coronavirus - Child Care page: list of child care providers approved by waiver to operate during the closure (archived Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. PA-083)
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020), Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-11-021)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health as an emergency regulation Mar. 26, 2020 (effective Mar. 27, 2020), Emergency Order No. 2 (Business Activity and Stay at Home Order) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-003)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Monroe, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. PA-005)
General Assembly; approved by Governor Wolf Mar. 27, 2020, Act 13 of 2020 - Public School Code amendments: pandemic of 2020 (school closures, 180-day waiver, continuity of education, employee pay) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. PA-074)
Pennsylvania General Assembly (Senate Bill 751); approved by Governor Tom Wolf, Act 13 of 2020 (Act of Mar. 27, 2020, P.L. 62, No. 13) (Ex. SEC-21-012)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Jonathan Young), Extension of the state of emergency (county offices closed indefinitely) (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-068)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to the Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (26 counties; extension to Apr. 30, 2020) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. PA-051)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (statewide) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. PA-006)
Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner; adopted by Board of Health regulation Apr. 23, 2020 (effective Apr. 23, 2020), Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-004)

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