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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. ECO-C-065	Misc. Docket No. 20-9080, Eighteenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterEighteenth Emergency Order (no jury proceedings before September 1, 2020 except limited pilots; operating plans required)	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	June 29, 2020	2020 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-061	Third Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (filed June 15, 2020; effective June 29, 2020)Third Amended Emergency Order (in-person hearings suspended to June 29, 2020; jury trials to at least August 17, 2020; remote hearings…	Travis County Civil and Family Courts (District Judges and County Court at Law Judges)	Travis County, Texas (Civil and Family District Courts and County Courts at Law)Court	June 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-043	Fourth Amended Order Prohibiting Certain Large Gatherings and Events and Reopening and Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Certain Businesses and City PremisesFourth Amended Order Prohibiting Certain Large Gatherings and Events and Reopening and Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Certain Businesses…	Mayor Sylvester Turner	City of Houston, TexasCity	June 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-018	County Judge's Fifth Order Authorizing Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County BuildingsFifth Order Authorizing Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County Buildings	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	June 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-019	Order Extending Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency to August 26, 2020Order Extending Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency to August 26, 2020	Harris County Commissioners Court (agenda letter of June 22, 2020 and order)	Harris County, TexasCounty	June 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-067	Extension of the Order of the County Judge of Fort Bend County Regarding the Use of Facial Protection (county posting)Extension of the Order Regarding the Use of Facial Protection	County Judge KP George	Fort Bend County, TexasCounty	June 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAT-030	Fourth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-10, GA-27 and GA-28)Fourth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19	Mayor Ron Nirenberg	City of San Antonio, TexasCity	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-020	Amended Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face CoveringsAmended Order Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	July 1, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-031	Executive Order NW-12Executive Order NW-12 of County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	Bexar County, TexasCounty	July 1, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-032	Fifth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19Fifth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19	Mayor Ron Nirenberg	City of San Antonio, TexasCity	July 1, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-071	Proclamation of the County Judge (July 2, 2020)Proclamation permitting outdoor gatherings in excess of 10 people in Collin County under the GA-28 amendment	Collin County Judge Chris Hill	Collin County, TexasCounty	July 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-061	Board of Law Examiners 'All Announcements' page (archived Oct. 18, 2020): Supreme Court order cancelling the July 2020 in-person exam, in-person Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam with hotel-room assignments, remote Oct. 5-6, 2020 exam, acceptance of remote scores of 270 from other UBE jurisdictions (Aug. 24, 2020)Texas Board of Law Examiners - All Announcements (2020 bar exam chronology)	Texas Board of Law Examiners	Texas; Board of Law Examiners (agency of the Supreme Court of Texas)Court	July 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-010	Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20200702-017Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for all business establishments…	Mayor Steve Adler	City of Austin, TexasCity	July 2, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-021	Outdoor Gatherings OrderOrder of County Judge Lina Hidalgo: Outdoor Gatherings Order	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	July 3, 2020	2020 Q3	Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-022	Executive Order GA-29Relating to the use of face coverings during the COVID-19 disaster	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	July 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-048	Emergency re-adoption of the amendments to 22 TAC § 174.5 (issuance of prescriptions during the COVID-19 disaster), July 1, 2020TMB Extends Emergency Rule Related to Issuance of Prescriptions (July 1, 2020)	Texas Medical Board, Executive Committee (with advice and direction from the Governor's Office)	Texas Medical Board; State levelSector regulator	July 1, 2020	2020 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-033	Supplement to Executive Order NW-12 (foreclosure sale of July 7, 2020 postponed)Supplement to Executive Order NW-12 of County Judge Nelson W. Wolff Issued July 6, 2020	County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	Bexar County, TexasCounty	July 6, 2020	2020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-090	Mayor's Third Public Health Advisory Related to COVID-19 (July 7, 2020)Mayor's Third Public Health Advisory: face coverings 'strongly recommended' for every person in San Marcos (tracking GA-29), building on the…	Mayor Jane Hughson	City of San Marcos, Texas (Hays County)City	July 7, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirement	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. TX-051	Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declarationA proclamation renewing the declaration stating that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat of disaster for all counties…	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	July 10, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-026	Notice of Emergency Rules Adoption: Health Authority Rules of July 14, 2020Health Authority Emergency Rules (face coverings outside the residence; site rules: face coverings, disinfection, gatherings of ten or less…	Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, Interim Medical Director and Health Authority), with City Manager and City Attorney certification	City of Austin, TexasCity	July 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-027	Health Authority Order of Control Measures for In-Person School Campus InstructionOrder barring on-campus, face-to-face instruction and extracurricular activities in all public and private schools in Travis County until…	Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, Interim Health Authority)	Travis County, Texas (all independent school districts and private schools operating in Travis County)County	July 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-074	Resolution continuing the County Judge's Declaration of Local Disaster (July 14, 2020)Resolution continuing the Hays County local state of disaster for not more than 62 days	Hays County Commissioners Court (Judge Ruben Becerra presiding; attested by County Clerk Elaine Cardenas)	Hays County, TexasCounty	July 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-034	Executive Order NW-13Executive Order NW-13 of County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	Bexar County, TexasCounty	July 15, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-019	Fourth Order Directing Certain Actions and Granting Exceptions to Certain Rules, Project No. 50664Deferred payment plans on request renewed 'until further order of the Commission'; exception to the electric disconnection-for-nonpayment…	Public Utility Commission of Texas	Texas (State public utility commission)Sector regulator	July 16, 2020	2020 Q3	Other	Primary source read

Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 20-9080, Eighteenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (June 29, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-065)
Travis County Civil and Family Courts (District Judges and County Court at Law Judges), Third Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (filed June 15, 2020; effective June 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-061)
Mayor Sylvester Turner, Fourth Amended Order Prohibiting Certain Large Gatherings and Events and Reopening and Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Certain Businesses and City Premises (June 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-043)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, County Judge's Fifth Order Authorizing Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County Buildings (June 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-018)
Harris County Commissioners Court (agenda letter of June 22, 2020 and order), Order Extending Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency to August 26, 2020 (June 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-019)
County Judge KP George, Extension of the Order of the County Judge of Fort Bend County Regarding the Use of Facial Protection (county posting) (June 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-067)
Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Fourth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-10, GA-27 and GA-28) (June 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-030)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Amended Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings (July 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-020)
County Judge Nelson W. Wolff, Executive Order NW-12 (July 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-031)
Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Fifth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (July 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-032)
Collin County Judge Chris Hill, Proclamation of the County Judge (July 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-071)
Texas Board of Law Examiners, Board of Law Examiners 'All Announcements' page (archived Oct. 18, 2020): Supreme Court order cancelling the July 2020 in-person exam, in-person Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam with hotel-room assignments, remote Oct. 5-6, 2020 exam, acceptance of remote scores of 270 from other UBE jurisdictions (Aug. 24, 2020) (July 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-061)
Mayor Steve Adler, Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20200702-017 (July 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-010)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Outdoor Gatherings Order (July 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-021)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-29 (July 2, 2020) (Ex. TX-022)
Texas Medical Board, Executive Committee (with advice and direction from the Governor's Office), Emergency re-adoption of the amendments to 22 TAC § 174.5 (issuance of prescriptions during the COVID-19 disaster), July 1, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-048)
County Judge Nelson W. Wolff, Supplement to Executive Order NW-12 (foreclosure sale of July 7, 2020 postponed) (July 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-033)
Mayor Jane Hughson, Mayor's Third Public Health Advisory Related to COVID-19 (July 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-090)
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)
Governor Greg Abbott, Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declaration (July 10, 2020) (Ex. TX-051)
Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, Interim Medical Director and Health Authority), with City Manager and City Attorney certification, Notice of Emergency Rules Adoption: Health Authority Rules of July 14, 2020 (Ex. MET-AUS-026)
Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, Interim Health Authority), Health Authority Order of Control Measures for In-Person School Campus Instruction (July 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-027)
Hays County Commissioners Court (Judge Ruben Becerra presiding; attested by County Clerk Elaine Cardenas), Resolution continuing the County Judge's Declaration of Local Disaster (July 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-074)
County Judge Nelson W. Wolff, Executive Order NW-13 (July 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-034)
Public Utility Commission of Texas, Fourth Order Directing Certain Actions and Granting Exceptions to Certain Rules, Project No. 50664 (July 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-019)

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