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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. SEC-23-005	Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Update to Drilling Permits (W-1) Online Filing SystemUpdate to Drilling Permits (W-1) Online Filing System	Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, Drilling Permits section	TexasSector regulator	May 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-023	Eighth Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting GA-26)Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (8th Declaration)	Mayor Ron Nirenberg	City of San Antonio, TexasCity	June 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationCapacity limit	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-066	Emergency Rule, 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 745.10003, Emergency Rule with Ongoing Requirements for Certain Day Care Operations in Response to COVID-19 (HHSC-20-0047)Emergency Rule with Ongoing Requirements for Certain Day Care Operations in Response to COVID-19 (26 TAC § 745.10003)	Texas HHSC, Executive Commissioner (on the request of the Associate Commissioner for Child Care Regulation, June 25, 2020)	Texas; Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care RegulationSector regulator	June 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-018	TABC News Release, Restaurants and Certain Bars Can Now Mix Drinks On Premise and Sell To GoRestaurants and Certain Bars Can Now Mix Drinks On Premise and Sell To Go	Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (announcing the Governor's statutory waiver)	Texas (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	June 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
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-022	Order of the Local Health Authority Closing Certain BusinessesOrder of the Local Health Authority Closing Certain Businesses	Philip Huang, M.D., M.P.H., Local Health Authority, City/County of Dallas (Dallas County Health and Human Services)	Dallas County and City of Dallas, TexasCounty	July 24, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. TX-052	SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance	Texas Education Agency (TEA)	TexasSector regulator	July 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-024	Supplemental Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Continuing Requirements after Expiration of Stay Home, Stay SafeSupplemental Order on Continuing Requirements (Aug. 4, 2020)	Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Aug. 4, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-025	Amended Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins Regarding Long-Term Care FacilitiesAmended Order Regarding Long-Term Care Facilities (Aug. 4, 2020)	Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Aug. 4, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TX-060	Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Sept. 17, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046	Message to HISD parents on in-person or virtual instruction selection (Sept. 16, 2020)Virtual instruction for the first six weeks; families required to elect in-person or virtual instruction for the second six weeks beginning…	Houston ISD	Houston Independent School District, TexasCity	Sept. 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-029	Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020 (face coverings; site rules; continuing through April 15, 2021)	Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark Escott)	City of Austin, TexasCity	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	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-056	Fourth Amended Health Directive Related to School SystemsFourth Amended Health Directive Related to School Systems Dated Feb. 2, 2021	C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Bexar County Health Authority	Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)County	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
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-AUS-076	Resolution continuing the County Judge's Declaration of Local Disaster (effective February 16, 2021)Resolution continuing the Hays County local state of disaster for not more than 70 days	Hays County Commissioners Court	Hays County, TexasCounty	Feb. 16, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-017	Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20210216-026Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for business establishments; City…	Mayor Steve Adler	City of Austin, TexasCity	Feb. 16, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TX-055	Emergency Rule, 22 TAC § 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), amended emergency rule effective Feb. 19, 2021 (strikethrough version)Emergency Rule 108.7 Minimum Standard of Care, General, effective February 19, 2021	Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE)	TexasSector regulator	Feb. 19, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-054	Sixth Amended Declaration of Local Disaster and Renewal of SameSixth Amended Declaration of Local Disaster (renewed through May 25, 2021)	Tarrant County Judge and Commissioners Court	Tarrant County, TexasCounty	Feb. 23, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-062	Fourth Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (effective March 1, 2021)Fourth Amended Emergency Order (all hearings and trials held remotely; remote jury trials; in-person proceedings not to resume until safe)	Travis County Civil and Family Courts	Travis County, Texas (Civil and Family District Courts and County Courts at Law)Court	Mar. 1, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-068	Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Sixth Emergency Order (remote participation on request; in-person proceedings under local minimum standard health protocols; jury…	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-063	Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-047	Resolution and Renewal of Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance, Authorizing Enforcement (March 9, 2021)Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority's Emergency Rules for unincorporated Travis County (March 4 to April 15, 2021) as…	Travis County Commissioners Court	Travis County, Texas (unincorporated areas)County	Mar. 9, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-034	County Judge's Seventh Order Requiring Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County BuildingsSeventh Order Requiring Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County Buildings	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	Mar. 9, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read

Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, Drilling Permits section, Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Update to Drilling Permits (W-1) Online Filing System (May 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-23-005)
Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Eighth Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting GA-26) (June 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-023)
Texas HHSC, Executive Commissioner (on the request of the Associate Commissioner for Child Care Regulation, June 25, 2020), Emergency Rule, 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 745.10003, Emergency Rule with Ongoing Requirements for Certain Day Care Operations in Response to COVID-19 (HHSC-20-0047) (June 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-066)
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (announcing the Governor's statutory waiver), TABC News Release, Restaurants and Certain Bars Can Now Mix Drinks On Premise and Sell To Go (June 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-018)
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)
Philip Huang, M.D., M.P.H., Local Health Authority, City/County of Dallas (Dallas County Health and Human Services), Order of the Local Health Authority Closing Certain Businesses (July 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-022)
Texas Education Agency (TEA), SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020) (Ex. TX-052)
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Supplemental Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Continuing Requirements after Expiration of Stay Home, Stay Safe (Aug. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-024)
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Amended Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins Regarding Long-Term Care Facilities (Aug. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-025)
Supreme Court of Texas, Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program) (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-060)
Houston ISD, Message to HISD parents on in-person or virtual instruction selection (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046)
Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark Escott), Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020 (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-029)
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)
C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Bexar County Health Authority, Fourth Amended Health Directive Related to School Systems (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-056)
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)
Hays County Commissioners Court, Resolution continuing the County Judge's Declaration of Local Disaster (effective February 16, 2021) (Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-076)
Mayor Steve Adler, Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20210216-026 (Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-017)
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE), Emergency Rule, 22 TAC § 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), amended emergency rule effective Feb. 19, 2021 (strikethrough version) (Ex. TX-055)
Tarrant County Judge and Commissioners Court, Sixth Amended Declaration of Local Disaster and Renewal of Same (Feb. 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-054)
Travis County Civil and Family Courts, Fourth Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (effective March 1, 2021) (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-062)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-068)
Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026 (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. TX-063)
Travis County Commissioners Court, Resolution and Renewal of Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance, Authorizing Enforcement (March 9, 2021) (Mar. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-047)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, County Judge's Seventh Order Requiring Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County Buildings (Mar. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-034)

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