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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-NV-003	Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 414 (Emergency Management), NRS 414.010 to 414.360NRS Chapter 414 - Emergency Management (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature)	Nevada Legislature; powers exercised by the Governor and the Division of Emergency Management	NevadaState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-020	Enrolled Senate Bill No. 672 (2025)An Act relating to emergency management; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 683.8 and 683.9...; prohibiting Governor from closing businesses…	Oklahoma Legislature (Senate Bill 672, 1st Sess., 60th Leg.; enrolled)	OklahomaState	Apr. 21, 2025		Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-020	State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): settlement filed January 15, 2021 (agreement to comply with the Governor's executive order; $1,000 payment)Attorney general settles with Rutland gym owner (VTDigger, Jan. 15, 2021)	State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan; Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (settlement filed for court approval January 15, 2021); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), January 15, 2021	Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)Court	Jan. 15, 2021	2021 Q1	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-WV-008	W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied onEmergency Management Act: definition of 'disaster' (including 'epidemic'); proclamation of a state of emergency and additional powers of the…	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Feb. 23, 2023	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-026	Executive Order 40-20 (Week 5 of the Comeback), § 2 para. c (cross-reference to Ex. WV-034; not re-saved)Restaurants and bars permitted on-premises service only 'in accordance with the applicable guidelines for restaurants... A Guide to Safely…	Governor Jim Justice	West VirginiaState	May 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesOperating conditionOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-012	Wyo. Stat. Ann. 19-13-104 and 19-13-11619-13-104. Powers of governor generally; director, department of homeland security. 19-13-116. Enforcement of orders, rules and regulations.	Wyoming Legislature (Wyo. Stat. Title 19, ch. 13, Wyoming Homeland Security Act)	WyomingState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AK-002	AS 26.23.020 and AS 26.23.025The governor and disaster emergencies; the legislature and disaster emergencies	Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Disaster Act; administered by the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, AS 26.23.220)	AlaskaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-020	Munza v. Ivey, No. 1200003 (Ala. Mar. 19, 2021), 334 So. 3d 211Barry Munza, Larry Lewis, and Debbie Mathis v. Kay Ivey, in her official capacity as Governor; Scott Harris, in his official capacity as…	Supreme Court of Alabama (Bolin, J.)	Alabama (Supreme Court of Alabama)Court	Mar. 19, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-013	Guidance for Employers and Employees on Workers' Rights and Safety During the Restore Illinois Plan (revision of December 9, 2020)State guidance stating that federal and Illinois law require employers to maintain a safe and healthy workplace, that employers are required…	Office of the Illinois Attorney General (Kwame Raoul), with the Governor's Office, Illinois Department of Labor, Illinois Department of Employment Security and Illinois Department of Public Health	IllinoisState	Dec. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KY-007	KRS 39A.180Orders and administrative regulations of Governor, agencies, and political subdivisions -- Enforcement	Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 39A, Statewide Emergency Management Programs)	KentuckyState	Feb. 2, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-019	Ho v. Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital, L.L.C., 2021 OK 68, 507 P.3d 673, Case No. 119,752Opinion reversing dismissal of a nurse's wrongful-discharge action: the Governor's COVID-19 emergency orders expressed established Oklahoma…	Supreme Court of Oklahoma (Kauger, J., for the Court)	OklahomaCourt	Dec. 14, 2021	2020 Q2	Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-015	Oregon OSHA, Questions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues Related to COVID-19 (updated Mar. 27, 2020): the agency's statement of the employer's statutory duty and of its authority to enforce the Governor's executive orders at the workplaceQuestions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues…	Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services	OregonState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureTelework mandateWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
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-020	Judicial opinion (majority opinion on an emergency application for extraordinary relief)Friends of Danny DeVito, Kathy Gregory, B&J Laundry, LLC, Blueberry Hill Public Golf Course & Lounge, and Caledonia Land Co. v. Governor Tom…	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Donohue, J., for the Court; Saylor, C.J., Baer, Todd, Dougherty, Wecht and Mundy, JJ.)	PennsylvaniaCourt	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WA-008	RCW 43.06.010(12)General powers and duties [of the Governor]—Proclamation of a state of emergency	Washington State Legislature	WashingtonState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-024	Executive Order 37-20, §§ 1 and 2 para. bb (cross-reference to Ex. WV-031; not re-saved)Fitness centers reopened on the condition that they 'must operate in accordance with any requirements, limitations, or restrictions...…	Governor Jim Justice	West VirginiaState	May 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOperating conditionOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-029	Monongalia County Health Department Ordinance (Health Officer's order) of July 14, 2020 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-082; not re-saved)Businesses serving the public closed for deep cleaning on three cases, and for fourteen days' quarantine on a further three; inspections on…	Monongalia County Health Department (Dr. Lee B. Smith, Executive Director and County Health Officer)	Monongalia CountyCounty	July 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-011	Ala. Code § 31-9-6(1)Powers and duties of Governor with respect to emergency management	Legislature of Alabama (Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955, Code of Alabama 1975, Title 31, chapter 9, article 1)	AlabamaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-013	Ala. Code § 31-9-13Orders, rules and regulations of Governor -- Effect; distribution	Legislature of Alabama (Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955)	AlabamaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-001	Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110, Study and prevention of diseasesArk. Code Ann. 20-7-110. Study and prevention of diseases (State Board of Health: general supervision and control; direction and control of…	General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1895, No. 152; Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 5)	ArkansasState	Mar. 19, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-006	Statute: Government Code sections 8625-8629 (Emergency Services Act, Article 13, State of Emergency)Government Code sections 8625-8629: proclamation of a state of emergency; the Governor's complete authority over State agencies and the…	California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel)	CaliforniaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-018	Published opinion: Newsom v. Superior Court (Gallagher), No. C093006 (Cal. Ct. App. May 5, 2021), 63 Cal.App.5th 1099Newsom v. Superior Court of Sutter County (Gallagher, real parties in interest): the Emergency Services Act authorizes the Governor to issue…	California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District (Robie, J., with Hull and Mauro, JJ.)	CaliforniaCourt	May 5, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-009	Idaho Code section 46-601 (text as in force March 2020 through May 9, 2021)Governor's authority: state of extreme emergency; police power; rules, regulations and orders	Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 46, ch. 6)	IdahoState	June 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-010	Idaho Code section 46-1008 as amended by House Bills 391, 392 and 393 (2021) (text as in force from May 10, 2021, captured July 27, 2021)The governor and disaster emergencies, as amended: orders must be essential and narrowly tailored without unnecessary restrictions on the…	Idaho Legislature, Sixty-sixth Legislature, First Regular Session (H0393, 2021 ch. 355; H0392, 2021 ch. 356; H0391, 2021 ch. 357; all effective May 10, 2021)	IdahoState	May 10, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-020	Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council, No. 122,765 (Kan. Apr. 11, 2020) (original action in quo warranto; quo warranto granted in part)Laura Kelly, Governor of the State of Kansas, v. Legislative Coordinating Council, et al.	Supreme Court of Kansas (per curiam)	KansasCourt	Apr. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capEvents and venuesStanding dutyOther	Primary source read

Nevada Legislature; powers exercised by the Governor and the Division of Emergency Management, Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 414 (Emergency Management), NRS 414.010 to 414.360 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-003)
Oklahoma Legislature (Senate Bill 672, 1st Sess., 60th Leg.; enrolled), Enrolled Senate Bill No. 672 (2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-020)
State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan; Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (settlement filed for court approval January 15, 2021); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), January 15, 2021, State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): settlement filed January 15, 2021 (agreement to comply with the Governor's executive order; $1,000 payment) (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. DUT-VT-020)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied on (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-008)
Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 40-20 (Week 5 of the Comeback), § 2 para. c (cross-reference to Ex. WV-034; not re-saved) (May 22, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WV-026)
Wyoming Legislature (Wyo. Stat. Title 19, ch. 13, Wyoming Homeland Security Act), Wyo. Stat. Ann. 19-13-104 and 19-13-116 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WY-012)
Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Disaster Act; administered by the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, AS 26.23.220), AS 26.23.020 and AS 26.23.025 (standing) (Ex. DUT-AK-002)
Supreme Court of Alabama (Bolin, J.), Munza v. Ivey, No. 1200003 (Ala. Mar. 19, 2021), 334 So. 3d 211 (Ex. DUT-AL-020)
Office of the Illinois Attorney General (Kwame Raoul), with the Governor's Office, Illinois Department of Labor, Illinois Department of Employment Security and Illinois Department of Public Health, Guidance for Employers and Employees on Workers' Rights and Safety During the Restore Illinois Plan (revision of December 9, 2020) (Dec. 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-IL-013)
Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 39A, Statewide Emergency Management Programs), KRS 39A.180 (standing) (Ex. DUT-KY-007)
Supreme Court of Oklahoma (Kauger, J., for the Court), Ho v. Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital, L.L.C., 2021 OK 68, 507 P.3d 673, Case No. 119,752 (Dec. 14, 2021) (Ex. DUT-OK-019)
Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Oregon OSHA, Questions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues Related to COVID-19 (updated Mar. 27, 2020): the agency's statement of the employer's statutory duty and of its authority to enforce the Governor's executive orders at the workplace (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-015)
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)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Donohue, J., for the Court; Saylor, C.J., Baer, Todd, Dougherty, Wecht and Mundy, JJ.), Judicial opinion (majority opinion on an emergency application for extraordinary relief) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-PA-020)
Washington State Legislature, RCW 43.06.010(12) (standing) (Ex. DUT-WA-008)
Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 37-20, §§ 1 and 2 para. bb (cross-reference to Ex. WV-031; not re-saved) (May 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WV-024)
Monongalia County Health Department (Dr. Lee B. Smith, Executive Director and County Health Officer), Monongalia County Health Department Ordinance (Health Officer's order) of July 14, 2020 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-082; not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-WV-029)
Legislature of Alabama (Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955, Code of Alabama 1975, Title 31, chapter 9, article 1), Ala. Code § 31-9-6(1) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AL-011)
Legislature of Alabama (Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955), Ala. Code § 31-9-13 (standing) (Ex. DUT-AL-013)
General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1895, No. 152; Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 5), Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110, Study and prevention of diseases (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-001)
California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel), Statute: Government Code sections 8625-8629 (Emergency Services Act, Article 13, State of Emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CA-006)
California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District (Robie, J., with Hull and Mauro, JJ.), Published opinion: Newsom v. Superior Court (Gallagher), No. C093006 (Cal. Ct. App. May 5, 2021), 63 Cal.App.5th 1099 (standing) (Ex. DUT-CA-018)
Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 46, ch. 6), Idaho Code section 46-601 (text as in force March 2020 through May 9, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-009)
Idaho Legislature, Sixty-sixth Legislature, First Regular Session (H0393, 2021 ch. 355; H0392, 2021 ch. 356; H0391, 2021 ch. 357; all effective May 10, 2021), Idaho Code section 46-1008 as amended by House Bills 391, 392 and 393 (2021) (text as in force from May 10, 2021, captured July 27, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-010)
Supreme Court of Kansas (per curiam), Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council, No. 122,765 (Kan. Apr. 11, 2020) (original action in quo warranto; quo warranto granted in part) (Ex. DUT-KS-020)

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