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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-AUS-024	Mask to be Safe at City Facilities Order No. 20210811-033Mask to be Safe at City Facilities (face coverings required on or in City property)	Mayor Steve Adler	City of Austin, TexasCity	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-050	County Judge Order 2021-08; Relating to the COVID-19 and Mask to be Safe at SchoolMask to be Safe at School (face coverings required in all public schools including public charter schools in Travis County during Stages 3…	Travis County Judge Andy Brown	Travis County, TexasCounty	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-052	County Judge Order 2021-09; Relating to COVID-19 and Requirement to Wear Face Coverings in Travis County FacilitiesFace coverings required of employees, visitors and customers in designated Travis County facilities	Travis County Judge Andy Brown	Travis County, Texas (designated County facilities)County	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-030	Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public SpaceOrder on Required Use of a Face Mask (Aug. 12, 2021; adds higher education; adopts the Local Health Authority school order)	Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-038	Order of the Local Health Authority for Harris County Regarding Public SchoolsOrder of the Local Health Authority for Harris County Regarding Public Schools	Harris County Local Health Authority, Janeana White, M.D.	Harris County, Texas (including the City of Houston)County	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-041	Release: Alarming Increase in COVID-19 Cases Results in Local Health Authority Ordering Use of Face Masks in SchoolsHCPH release on the LHA school mask order	Harris County Public Health	Harris County, TexasCounty	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-052	Order of the Harris County Local Administrative Judge Concerning Additional Health and Safety ProtocolsOrder Concerning Additional Health and Safety Protocols (face coverings in courthouses)	Harris County Local Administrative Judge Robert K. Schaffer	Harris County, Texas (all courthouses)Court	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-025	Mask to be Safe at School Order No. 20210813-034Mask to be Safe at School (face coverings required in public schools, public charter schools and public colleges during Stages 3, 4 and 5…	Mayor Steve Adler	City of Austin, TexasCity	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-051	County Judge Amended Order 2021-08a; Relating to the COVID-19 and Mask to be Safe at SchoolAmended Mask to be Safe at School Order (adds public colleges; replaces Order 2021-08)	Travis County Judge Andy Brown	Travis County, TexasCounty	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-075	County Judge Order Relating to the COVID-19 and Mask to be Safe at School (Hays County)Mask to be Safe at School (face coverings required in all public and charter schools K-12 in Hays County; local disaster declaration…	Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra	Hays County, TexasCounty	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TX-044	Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0686 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (Dallas County mask order)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Dallas County temporary restraining order of August 10, 2021	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Aug. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-045	Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (City of San Antonio and Bexar County mask order)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Bexar County temporary restraining order of August 10, 2021	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Aug. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-031	Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins Modifying Order on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public SpaceOrder Modifying the Face-Mask Order (Aug. 16, 2021, 'in compliance with the Texas Supreme Court stay order')	Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Aug. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-031	Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules adopted August 17, 2021 (amending the rule of August 11, 2021)Health Authority Rules (face coverings in public schools, public charter schools and public colleges during Stages 3, 4 and 5; effective…	Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Desmar Walkes)	City of Austin, TexasCity	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-053	Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 17, 2021)Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority's Emergency Rules and Orders for public schools, charter schools and public colleges…	Travis County Commissioners Court	Travis County, Texas (public schools, public charter schools and public colleges)County	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-039	County Judge's Eighth Order Authorizing Fever and Health Screening and Face Coverings in County BuildingsEighth Order Authorizing Fever and Health Screening and Face Coverings in County Buildings	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-053	Amended Order of the Harris County Local Administrative Judge Concerning Additional Health and Safety ProtocolsAmended Order Concerning Additional Health and Safety Protocols	Harris County Local Administrative Judge Robert K. Schaffer	Harris County, Texas (all courthouses)Court	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-032	Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules effective August 21, 2021 (amending the rule of August 17, 2021)Health Authority Rules (face coverings in public schools, public charter schools and public colleges during Stages 3, 4 and 5; effective…	Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Desmar Walkes)	City of Austin, TexasCity	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-054	Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 24, 2021)Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority's Emergency Rules and Orders for schools and colleges issued August 23, 2021…	Travis County Commissioners Court	Travis County, Texas (public schools, public charter schools and public colleges)County	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-055	Amended Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Adopting New Policies, Procedures and Requirements Concerning the Wearing of Face Coverings in Designated Travis County Facilities (August 24, 2021)Face coverings required of County employees and members of the public entering or inside designated Travis County facilities (amending…	Travis County Commissioners Court	Travis County, Texas (designated County facilities)County	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-046	Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court of Appeals' Rule 29.3 order of August 19, 2021	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-053	Public Health Guidance, 2021-22 school year (version of September 2, 2021; earlier versions Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021)Public Health Guidance (September 2, 2021)	Texas Education Agency (TEA)	TexasSector regulator	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-049	Message to the HISD community on the mask mandate and the Travis County injunction (Sept. 27, 2021)Mask mandate continues under a temporary injunction authorizing the District to keep requiring masks at all campuses, facilities and buses	Superintendent Millard House II	Houston Independent School District, TexasCity	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-095	Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CVFifth Court of Appeals order refusing to stop enforcement of the Dallas and Richardson ISD face-covering rules (Sept. 27, 2021)	Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell)	Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)Court	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-054	Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanSecond Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating Plan	Harris County Local Administrative District Judge	Harris County, Texas (all courts)Court	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read

Mayor Steve Adler, Mask to be Safe at City Facilities Order No. 20210811-033 (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-024)
Travis County Judge Andy Brown, County Judge Order 2021-08; Relating to the COVID-19 and Mask to be Safe at School (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-050)
Travis County Judge Andy Brown, County Judge Order 2021-09; Relating to COVID-19 and Requirement to Wear Face Coverings in Travis County Facilities (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-052)
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public Space (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-030)
Harris County Local Health Authority, Janeana White, M.D, Order of the Local Health Authority for Harris County Regarding Public Schools (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-038)
Harris County Public Health, Release: Alarming Increase in COVID-19 Cases Results in Local Health Authority Ordering Use of Face Masks in Schools (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-041)
Harris County Local Administrative Judge Robert K. Schaffer, Order of the Harris County Local Administrative Judge Concerning Additional Health and Safety Protocols (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-052)
Mayor Steve Adler, Mask to be Safe at School Order No. 20210813-034 (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-025)
Travis County Judge Andy Brown, County Judge Amended Order 2021-08a; Relating to the COVID-19 and Mask to be Safe at School (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-051)
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra, County Judge Order Relating to the COVID-19 and Mask to be Safe at School (Hays County) (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-075)
Supreme Court of Texas, Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0686 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (Dallas County mask order) (Ex. TX-044)
Supreme Court of Texas, Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (City of San Antonio and Bexar County mask order) (Ex. TX-045)
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins Modifying Order on Required Use of a Face Mask in Certain Public Space (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-031)
Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Desmar Walkes), Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules adopted August 17, 2021 (amending the rule of August 11, 2021) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-031)
Travis County Commissioners Court, Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 17, 2021) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-053)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, County Judge's Eighth Order Authorizing Fever and Health Screening and Face Coverings in County Buildings (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-039)
Harris County Local Administrative Judge Robert K. Schaffer, Amended Order of the Harris County Local Administrative Judge Concerning Additional Health and Safety Protocols (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-053)
Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Desmar Walkes), Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules effective August 21, 2021 (amending the rule of August 17, 2021) (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-032)
Travis County Commissioners Court, Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 24, 2021) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-054)
Travis County Commissioners Court, Amended Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Adopting New Policies, Procedures and Requirements Concerning the Wearing of Face Coverings in Designated Travis County Facilities (August 24, 2021) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-055)
Supreme Court of Texas, Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction) (Ex. TX-046)
Texas Education Agency (TEA), Public Health Guidance, 2021-22 school year (version of September 2, 2021; earlier versions Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021) (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. TX-053)
Superintendent Millard House II, Message to the HISD community on the mask mandate and the Travis County injunction (Sept. 27, 2021) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-049)
Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell), Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CV (Sept. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-095)
Harris County Local Administrative District Judge, Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating Plan (Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-054)