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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-HOU-044	Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19Mayor's proclamation of a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency; Rodeo closed; City events cancelled	Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release)	City of Houston, TexasCity	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031	NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021)Latest Information on COVID-19 Response (NCEES)	NCEES	All States; National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (the council of the State engineering and surveying licensing boards, which administers the FE, PE, FS and PS examinations for every board)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAC-053	City release of Mar. 12, 2020 announcing the emergency measures adopted at the Mar. 13, 2020 special meeting (local emergency declaration, Resolution 2020-0075; cancellation of special-event permits over 250 persons; eviction prohibition; small business loans)Sacramento City leaders announce emergency measures to help residents and businesses affected by COVID-19	City of Sacramento (Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Council; Director of Emergency Services)	City of Sacramento, CaliforniaCity	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venuesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-085	County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules	Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer	Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-062	Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencyStatewide judicial emergency (jury trials, grand juries and deadlines suspended)	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-051	Legislative Council Resolution No. 20-094, Authorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyAuthorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (web posting of Mar. 30, 2020 carrying the resolution as an image)	Tohono O'odham Legislative Council	Tohono O'odham Nation (Arizona) - tribal legislatureTribal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-026	City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021City Emergency Orders (City's COVID-19 response updates)	City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil Emergency	City of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)City	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-049	Administrative Order No. 49Declaration of Judicial Emergency and Changes to Court Procedures	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator)	VermontCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-045	Release: City Extends Emergency Disaster Declaration; Mayor Turner Cancels City Events Through AprilCity Council indefinitely extends the proclamation of local disaster (15-1); City events cancelled through April	Houston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release)	City of Houston, TexasCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-075	Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021Clay County public health emergency orders, March 2020 - February 2021	Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary Zaborac	Clay County, Missouri (outside Kansas City)County	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-076	Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021Platte County public health orders, March 2020 - February 2021	Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergency	Platte County, Missouri (outside Kansas City)County	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AZ-095	Executive Order of Mar. 30, 2020 (stay at home; curfew), extended Apr. 17, 2020; curfew removed by EO 2021-02 (Apr. 20, 2021)Tohono O'odham Nation stay-at-home order, curfew and entry restrictions	Chairman Ned Norris Jr.	Tohono O'odham NationTribal	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ORL-006	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-12Reopening Orange County and Requiring Social Distancing and Face Coverings	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	Orange County, FloridaCounty	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IL-015	Restore Illinois: A Public Health Approach to Safely Reopen Our State (five-phase, eleven-region plan)Restore Illinois plan	Governor JB Pritzker; Illinois Department of Public Health; Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity	IllinoisState	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-16-092	COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Places of Worship and Providers of Religious Services and Cultural CeremoniesPlaces of Worship guidance (May 25, 2020; rev. July 29, 2020 with the indoor singing and chanting prohibition; rev. 2021)	California Department of Public Health and Cal/OSHA	CaliforniaSector regulator	July 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-017	Declaration of Emergency Directive 021 (Phase Two Reopening Plan), May 28, 2020, ss. 3, 12, 13, 15, 39, extended for the duration of the emergency by Directive 029 s. 4 (Ex. NV-024)Phase Two: gatherings of fifty, worship at fifty, venues and gyms at 50 percent, live events closed to the public, telework, employer…	Governor Steve Sisolak	NevadaState	May 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-002	Interim Guidance for Higher Education During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyMandatory reopening plan and operating requirements for every higher education institution in a Phase Four region (capacity, testing…	New York State Department of Health (New York Forward)	New YorkState	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ORL-031	Executive Order 2020-030Executive Order requiring the use of social distancing and facial coverings in Seminole County	Alan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management	Seminole County, FloridaCounty	June 29, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-003	Restart Standards for All New Jersey Institutions of Higher EducationMandatory health and safety standards for the resumption of in-person instruction and campus operations at every degree-granting institution	Secretary of Higher Education (Office of the Secretary of Higher Education), under Executive Order No. 155 para. 2	New JerseyState	June 18, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. LA-072	BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's releaseBESE adopts minimum health and safety standards for the reopening of Louisiana schools	Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)	LouisianaSector regulator	July 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-149	Release: Temporary Restrictions Lifted; CNMI Returns to Community Vulnerability Level BLUETemporary Restrictions Lifted; CNMI Returns to Community Vulnerability Level BLUE (September 6, 2020)	Governor Ralph DLG. Torres	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - GovernorTerritorial	Sept. 6, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-082	Director's Second Amended Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Youth, Collegiate, Amateur, Club and Professional SportsDirector's Second Amended Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Youth, Collegiate, Amateur, Club and Professional Sports	Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Sept. 25, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DEN-049	Public Health Order adopting CDPHE Public Health Order 20-36 (COVID-19 Dial) and rescinding the Sept. 18, 2020 orderDDPHE order of November 3, 2020 adopting PHO 20-36	Executive Director, DDPHE	City and County of Denver, ColoradoCity	Nov. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WA-103	Miscellaneous Venues COVID-19 Requirements (convention and conference centers, hotel meeting spaces, event centers, fairgrounds, arenas)Miscellaneous Venues COVID-19 Requirements	Governor Jay Inslee (Office of the Governor), requirements incorporated by reference in Proclamation 20-25 et seq.	WashingtonState	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-084	Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeksCascade City-County Health Officer Order of November 20, 2020, as continued and amended	Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments)	Cascade County, MontanaCounty	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source

Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release), Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-044)
NCEES, NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031)
City of Sacramento (Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Council; Director of Emergency Services), City release of Mar. 12, 2020 announcing the emergency measures adopted at the Mar. 13, 2020 special meeting (local emergency declaration, Resolution 2020-0075; cancellation of special-event permits over 250 persons; eviction prohibition; small business loans) (Ex. MET-SAC-053)
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer, County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MT-085)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062)
Tohono O'odham Legislative Council, Legislative Council Resolution No. 20-094, Authorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-051)
City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil Emergency, City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-026)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator), Administrative Order No. 49 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. VT-049)
Houston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release), Release: City Extends Emergency Disaster Declaration; Mayor Turner Cancels City Events Through April (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-045)
Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary Zaborac, Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021 (Ex. MET-KC-075)
Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergency, Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-076)
Chairman Ned Norris Jr, Executive Order of Mar. 30, 2020 (stay at home; curfew), extended Apr. 17, 2020; curfew removed by EO 2021-02 (Apr. 20, 2021) (Ex. AZ-095)
Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management, Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-12 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-ORL-006)
Governor JB Pritzker; Illinois Department of Public Health; Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Restore Illinois: A Public Health Approach to Safely Reopen Our State (five-phase, eleven-region plan) (May 5, 2020) (Ex. IL-015)
California Department of Public Health and Cal/OSHA, COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Places of Worship and Providers of Religious Services and Cultural Ceremonies (July 29, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-092)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Declaration of Emergency Directive 021 (Phase Two Reopening Plan), May 28, 2020, ss. 3, 12, 13, 15, 39, extended for the duration of the emergency by Directive 029 s. 4 (Ex. NV-024) (Ex. NV-017)
New York State Department of Health (New York Forward), Interim Guidance for Higher Education During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (June 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-002)
Alan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management, Executive Order 2020-030 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-ORL-031)
Secretary of Higher Education (Office of the Secretary of Higher Education), under Executive Order No. 155 para. 2, Restart Standards for All New Jersey Institutions of Higher Education (June 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-003)
Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's release (Ex. LA-072)
Governor Ralph DLG. Torres, Release: Temporary Restrictions Lifted; CNMI Returns to Community Vulnerability Level BLUE (Sept. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-149)
Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Second Amended Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Youth, Collegiate, Amateur, Club and Professional Sports (Sept. 25, 2020) (Ex. OH-082)
Executive Director, DDPHE, Public Health Order adopting CDPHE Public Health Order 20-36 (COVID-19 Dial) and rescinding the Sept. 18, 2020 order (Nov. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-DEN-049)
Governor Jay Inslee (Office of the Governor), requirements incorporated by reference in Proclamation 20-25 et seq, Miscellaneous Venues COVID-19 Requirements (convention and conference centers, hotel meeting spaces, event centers, fairgrounds, arenas) (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. WA-103)
Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments), Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeks (Ex. MT-084)

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