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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-ME-008	22 M.R.S. sec. 2492 (license required), sec. 2496 (Department rulemaking; Maine Food Code), sec. 2497 (right of entry and inspection without warrant), sec. 2498 (fines; correction directives; penalties for operating unlicensed; Attorney General injunction), sec. 2500 (suspension or revocation; emergency suspension where conditions 'may endanger the life, health or safety of persons')Title 22, Chapter 562: Eating Establishments, Lodging Places, Campgrounds, Recreational and Sporting Camps, Youth Camps, Public Pools and…	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 562, Eating Establishments, Lodging Places, Campgrounds, Recreational and Sporting Camps, Youth Camps, Public Pools and Public Spas; administered by the DHHS Health Inspection Program)	MaineState	Jan. 5, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-009	22 M.R.S. sec. 451 (appointment), sec. 453 (local board of health), sec. 454-A (powers and duties: inspection of premises where 'conditions posing a public health threat' exist; orders for 'the suppression and removal of nuisances and conditions suspected of posing or found to pose a public health threat'; enforcement of public health laws), sec. 461 (notice to clean or quit unfit premises; closure), sec. 462 (law enforcement assistance)Title 22, Chapter 153: Local Health Officers (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 153, Local Health Officers; every municipality's local health officer under the supervision of the Commissioner of Health and Human Services)	MaineState	Jan. 5, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-008	740 ILCS 130/2 (duty owed to entrants)Statutory duty of every owner or occupier of premises to exercise reasonable care under the circumstances toward entrants	Illinois General Assembly (Premises Liability Act)	IllinoisState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-007	G.L. c. 111, s. 122Regulations relative to nuisances; examinations	General Court (codified statute; powers of municipal boards of health)	MassachusettsState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-008	G.L. c. 111, s. 127AState sanitary code; adoption; enforcement; jurisdiction	General Court (codified statute; State Sanitary Code adopted by the Department of Public Health and enforced by boards of health)	MassachusettsState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-019	105 CMR 590.014(A)Permits: Suspension and Revocation; Summary Suspension of Permit/Emergency Closure without a Prior Hearing	Department of Public Health (State Sanitary Code, Chapter X; enforced by local boards of health)	MassachusettsState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-002	Mont. Code Ann. 50-1-203Public health inspections	Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 1)	MontanaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-006	Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-123Compliance order authorized	Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 2)	MontanaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-008	Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104General authority of governor	Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 10, ch. 3)	MontanaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ND-009	N.D.C.C. 23-09-02, 23-09-09, 23-09-18, 23-09-19, 23-09-21, 23-09-22Department to enforce provisions of chapter; sanitation and safety; failure to comply with chapter - notice; state's attorney to prosecute…	Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the State Department of Health, Division of Food and Lodging)	North DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SD-006	SDCL ch. 34-48A, Emergency Management (§§ 34-48A-1, 34-48A-2, 34-48A-5, 34-48A-9, 34-48A-49)Emergency Management: Governor's authority in time of disaster or emergency, including control of the movement of persons and the occupancy…	South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Governor and the Department of Public Safety)	South DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SD-015	SDCL ch. 34-18 (§§ 34-18-2, 34-18-9, 34-18-22, 34-18-27, 34-18-27.1, 34-18-27.3, 34-18-32)Health regulation of lodging and food service establishments: license required; minimum public health and safety rules; summary suspension…	South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Secretary of Health)	South DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SD-016	Administrative Rules of South Dakota, ch. 44:02:07, Food Service Code (§§ 44:02:07:02, 44:02:07:03, 44:02:07:06, 44:02:07:07, 44:02:07:09 to 44:02:07:12)Food Service Code: person in charge; employee health reporting; employee exclusions and restrictions; removal of exclusions; interpretation…	South Dakota Department of Health (administrative rules promulgated under SDCL 34-1-17 and 34-18-22)	South DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-004	W. Va. Code § 16-2-13Local health officer; powers and duties	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-006	W. Va. Code § 16-1-6Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health; powers and duties	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-011	W. Va. Code § 21-3-1Employers to safeguard life, etc., of employees; reports and investigations of accidents; orders of commissioner	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-001	Wyoming Statutes, Title 35 (Public Health and Safety), complete official LSO publicationTitle 35 - Public Health and Safety	Wyoming Legislature; published by the Wyoming Legislative Service Office (LSO)	WyomingState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-007	Wyoming Statutes, Title 1 (Code of Civil Procedure), complete official LSO publicationTitle 1 - Code of Civil Procedure	Wyoming Legislature; published by the Wyoming Legislative Service Office (LSO)	WyomingState	Sept. 29, 2026	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. CO-089	Pitkin County Public Health Order (spring 2020; document captured Apr. 13, 2020)Pitkin County Public Health Order	Pitkin County Public Health Director / Board of Health	Pitkin County, Colorado (Aspen, Snowmass Village, Basalt)County		2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-AL-004	Ala. Code ch. 22-12 (Quarantine)Quarantine: enforcement by the State, counties and municipalities; State authority paramount; proclamation of quarantine by the Governor or…	Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22, chapter 12)	AlabamaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-006	Ala. Code § 22-20-5Regulations for establishments handling food and providing public accommodations	Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22, chapter 20)	AlabamaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-005	Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 511-9-1-.01 to 511-9-1-.05Isolation and Quarantine (Scope and Purpose; Definitions; Public Health Control Measures; Powers of the County Boards of Health to Implement…	Georgia Department of Public Health (rules filed with the Secretary of State; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Chapter 511-9-1)	GeorgiaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-019	O.C.G.A. section 38-3-35Immunity of state and political subdivisions; of emergency management workers	General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, section 17, as amended)	GeorgiaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-013	Idaho Code section 18-5901Public nuisance defined	Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 18, ch. 59, Nuisances)	IdahoState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-014	Idaho Code section 18-5903Punishment for nuisance	Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 18, ch. 59)	IdahoState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read

Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 562, Eating Establishments, Lodging Places, Campgrounds, Recreational and Sporting Camps, Youth Camps, Public Pools and Public Spas; administered by the DHHS Health Inspection Program), 22 M.R.S. sec. 2492 (license required), sec. 2496 (Department rulemaking; Maine Food Code), sec. 2497 (right of entry and inspection without warrant), sec. 2498 (fines; correction directives; penalties for operating unlicensed; Attorney General injunction), sec. 2500 (suspension or revocation; emergency suspension where conditions 'may endanger the life, health or safety of persons') (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-008)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 153, Local Health Officers; every municipality's local health officer under the supervision of the Commissioner of Health and Human Services), 22 M.R.S. sec. 451 (appointment), sec. 453 (local board of health), sec. 454-A (powers and duties: inspection of premises where 'conditions posing a public health threat' exist; orders for 'the suppression and removal of nuisances and conditions suspected of posing or found to pose a public health threat'; enforcement of public health laws), sec. 461 (notice to clean or quit unfit premises; closure), sec. 462 (law enforcement assistance) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-009)
Illinois General Assembly (Premises Liability Act), 740 ILCS 130/2 (duty owed to entrants) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IL-008)
General Court (codified statute; powers of municipal boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 122 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-007)
General Court (codified statute; State Sanitary Code adopted by the Department of Public Health and enforced by boards of health), G.L. c. 111, s. 127A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-008)
Department of Public Health (State Sanitary Code, Chapter X; enforced by local boards of health), 105 CMR 590.014(A) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-019)
Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 1), Mont. Code Ann. 50-1-203 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-002)
Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 2), Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-123 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-006)
Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 10, ch. 3), Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-008)
Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the State Department of Health, Division of Food and Lodging), N.D.C.C. 23-09-02, 23-09-09, 23-09-18, 23-09-19, 23-09-21, 23-09-22 (standing) (Ex. DUT-ND-009)
South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Governor and the Department of Public Safety), SDCL ch. 34-48A, Emergency Management (§§ 34-48A-1, 34-48A-2, 34-48A-5, 34-48A-9, 34-48A-49) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-006)
South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Secretary of Health), SDCL ch. 34-18 (§§ 34-18-2, 34-18-9, 34-18-22, 34-18-27, 34-18-27.1, 34-18-27.3, 34-18-32) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-015)
South Dakota Department of Health (administrative rules promulgated under SDCL 34-1-17 and 34-18-22), Administrative Rules of South Dakota, ch. 44:02:07, Food Service Code (§§ 44:02:07:02, 44:02:07:03, 44:02:07:06, 44:02:07:07, 44:02:07:09 to 44:02:07:12) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-016)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code § 16-2-13 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-004)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code § 16-1-6 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-006)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code § 21-3-1 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-011)
Wyoming Legislature; published by the Wyoming Legislative Service Office (LSO), Wyoming Statutes, Title 35 (Public Health and Safety), complete official LSO publication (standing) (Ex. DUT-WY-001)
Wyoming Legislature; published by the Wyoming Legislative Service Office (LSO), Wyoming Statutes, Title 1 (Code of Civil Procedure), complete official LSO publication (standing) (Ex. DUT-WY-007)
Pitkin County Public Health Director / Board of Health, Pitkin County Public Health Order (spring 2020; document captured Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. CO-089)
Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22, chapter 12), Ala. Code ch. 22-12 (Quarantine) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AL-004)
Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22, chapter 20), Ala. Code § 22-20-5 (standing) (Ex. DUT-AL-006)
Georgia Department of Public Health (rules filed with the Secretary of State; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Chapter 511-9-1), Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 511-9-1-.01 to 511-9-1-.05 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-005)
General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, section 17, as amended), O.C.G.A. section 38-3-35 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-019)
Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 18, ch. 59, Nuisances), Idaho Code section 18-5901 (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-013)
Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 18, ch. 59), Idaho Code section 18-5903 (standing) (Ex. DUT-ID-014)

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