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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MT-070	Board of Health Meeting Minutes, January 6, 2021 (continuing the Board's Oct. 28, 2020 Order and the Health Officer's Nov. 20, 2020 Order)Cascade City-County Board of Health Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, January 6, 2021	Cascade City-County Board of Health (record of Board action; Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer)	Cascade County (Great Falls), MontanaCounty	Jan. 6, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hours	Primary source read
Ex. MT-081	Board of Health revision of COVID-19 mitigation requirements (Feb. 18, 2021): mask mandate retained; event capacities raised from 25 to 50 indoor and 100 outdoor; general business capacity limits removed except where needed for distancing; fitness facilities, pools, worship, personal care, restaurants and bars permitted with modificationsMissoula City-County Board of Health revision of Feb. 18, 2021	Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer	Missoula County, MontanaCounty	Feb. 18, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-083	Board of Health Order of Oct. 28, 2020 (effective Nov. 1, 2020): gatherings capped at 50; bars, restaurants, casinos, gyms, movie theaters at 50 percent capacity; places of worship 75 percent; 12:30 a.m. closing unchangedCascade City-County Board of Health COVID-19 Order, October 28, 2020	Cascade City-County Board of Health	Cascade County (Great Falls), MontanaCounty	Oct. 28, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-075	Emergency Health Rule EHR-2020-001 (closure of bars, brew pubs, casinos and restaurant dining rooms extended to Apr. 3, 2020 and expanded to gyms, fitness facilities, athletic centers, workout studios, paintball parlors, ice rinks, indoor climbing, trampoline parks, indoor sporting arenas, cinemas and theatres)Emergency Health Rule 2020-001 Relating to COVID-19 (adopted at the Board's emergency meeting of March 18, 2020)	Gallatin City-County Board of Health	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-073	Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116, Powers and duties of local boards of health, as amended in 2021 (HB 121: governing-body control of emergency health orders; HB 257: local rules may not compel businesses to deny customer access)Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116. Powers and duties of local boards of health (MCA 2025 text with 2021 amendments)	Montana Legislature (67th): HB 121 (approved Apr. 16, 2021) and HB 257 (approved May 7, 2021 after an amendatory veto); codified at Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116(4)-(9) (amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 324, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 408, L. 2021)	MontanaState	May 7, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Events and venuesVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. MT-076	Emergency face covering rule (countywide mask mandate), adopted July 2020; extended Jan. 20, 2021 (to Apr. 20, 2021) and April 2021 (to May 27, 2021); enforcement lifted by the Health Officer May 14, 2021Gallatin City-County Board of Health local face covering emergency rule	Gallatin City-County Board of Health; Matt Kelley, Health Officer	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	July 17, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MT-018	Press release and letter, 'AG Knudsen Orders Dismissal of COVID Curfew Case Against Rocking R Bar in Gallatin County' (Gallatin City-County Board of Health and Health Officer Matt Kelley v. Rocking R Bar, Gallatin County Cause No. DV-20-1278B)AG Knudsen Orders Dismissal of COVID Curfew Case Against Rocking R Bar in Gallatin County	Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Montana Department of Justice (press release with the full text of the supervisory letter to Gallatin County Attorney Marty Lambert)	MontanaState	Jan. 14, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyBusiness closureCurfew and hoursStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MT-080	Missoula County bar and restaurant restrictions: 50 percent capacity and eight per table (October 2020); 10 p.m. closing (December 2020); Board revision of Jan. 21, 2021 (effective Jan. 22, 2021: capacity cap removed, 2 a.m. closing, eight per table, table service only, six-foot spacing, gaming machines spaced, masks except while eating or drinking)Missoula City-County Board of Health bar and restaurant rules, October 2020 to February 2021	Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer	Missoula County, MontanaCounty	Jan. 21, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	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
Ex. MT-066	Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-002, Quarantine and IsolationEmergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-002, Quarantine and Isolation	Gallatin City-County Board of Health	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Quarantine and isolation	Primary source read
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. MT-077	Phase Two reopening emergency rule (bars, restaurants, casinos, breweries and distilleries closing at 10 p.m.; 50 percent capacity), as amended April 2021 (eight per table; bar-stool spacing 3 feet), and Board action removing the enforcement mechanism of the Quarantine and Isolation Rule and the nursing-home visitation rules (April 2021)Gallatin City-County Board of Health Phase Two reopening rule and April 2021 amendments	Gallatin City-County Board of Health	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	Apr. 19, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-068	Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase OneEmergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase One	Gallatin City-County Board of Health (Becky Franks, Chair)	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MT-064	Order of Health Officer HO-2020-002, Quarantine and IsolationOrder of Health Officer HO-2020-002, Quarantine and Isolation, April 7, 2020	Matt Kelley, Health Officer, Gallatin City-County Health Department	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Quarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MT-063	Amendments to Emergency Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001 (closures expanded and extended)Amendments to Emergency Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001	Gallatin City-County Board of Health	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MT-065	Amended Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001-A, Establishment Restrictions (closures extended through April 24, 2020)Amended Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001-A, Establishment Restrictions	Gallatin City-County Board of Health	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MT-067	Amended Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001-B, Establishment Restrictions (closures extended through April 30, 2020)Amended Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001-B, Establishment Restrictions	Gallatin City-County Board of Health	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	Apr. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MT-079	Countywide face covering rule (masks in all indoor public spaces and businesses; employers to enforce)Missoula City-County Board of Health mask rule, adopted and effective July 9, 2020	Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer	Missoula County, MontanaCounty	July 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MT-029	Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116 (Powers and duties of local boards of health) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-073)Powers and duties of local boards of health, including the 2021 limits of subsection (5) and the enforcement saving clause of subsection (7)	Montana Legislature (Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116, as amended by Ch. 324 and Ch. 408, L. 2021 (HB 121, approved Apr. 16, 2021; HB 257, approved May 7, 2021))	MontanaState	Apr. 16, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-015	Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1601 (SB 65 sec. 1)Definitions ('public health guidance'; 'person'; 'premises'; 'personal protective equipment')	Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021	MontanaState	Feb. 10, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read

Cascade City-County Board of Health (record of Board action; Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer), Board of Health Meeting Minutes, January 6, 2021 (continuing the Board's Oct. 28, 2020 Order and the Health Officer's Nov. 20, 2020 Order) (Jan. 6, 2021) (Ex. MT-070)
Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer, Board of Health revision of COVID-19 mitigation requirements (Feb. 18, 2021): mask mandate retained; event capacities raised from 25 to 50 indoor and 100 outdoor; general business capacity limits removed except where needed for distancing; fitness facilities, pools, worship, personal care, restaurants and bars permitted with modifications (Ex. MT-081)
Cascade City-County Board of Health, Board of Health Order of Oct. 28, 2020 (effective Nov. 1, 2020): gatherings capped at 50; bars, restaurants, casinos, gyms, movie theaters at 50 percent capacity; places of worship 75 percent; 12:30 a.m. closing unchanged (Ex. MT-083)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health, Emergency Health Rule EHR-2020-001 (closure of bars, brew pubs, casinos and restaurant dining rooms extended to Apr. 3, 2020 and expanded to gyms, fitness facilities, athletic centers, workout studios, paintball parlors, ice rinks, indoor climbing, trampoline parks, indoor sporting arenas, cinemas and theatres) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MT-075)
Montana Legislature (67th): HB 121 (approved Apr. 16, 2021) and HB 257 (approved May 7, 2021 after an amendatory veto); codified at Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116(4)-(9) (amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 324, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 408, L. 2021), Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116, Powers and duties of local boards of health, as amended in 2021 (HB 121: governing-body control of emergency health orders; HB 257: local rules may not compel businesses to deny customer access) (May 7, 2021) (Ex. MT-073)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health; Matt Kelley, Health Officer, Emergency face covering rule (countywide mask mandate), adopted July 2020; extended Jan. 20, 2021 (to Apr. 20, 2021) and April 2021 (to May 27, 2021); enforcement lifted by the Health Officer May 14, 2021 (July 17, 2020) (Ex. MT-076)
Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Montana Department of Justice (press release with the full text of the supervisory letter to Gallatin County Attorney Marty Lambert), Press release and letter, 'AG Knudsen Orders Dismissal of COVID Curfew Case Against Rocking R Bar in Gallatin County' (Gallatin City-County Board of Health and Health Officer Matt Kelley v. Rocking R Bar, Gallatin County Cause No. DV-20-1278B) (Jan. 14, 2021) (Ex. DUT-MT-018)
Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer, Missoula County bar and restaurant restrictions: 50 percent capacity and eight per table (October 2020); 10 p.m. closing (December 2020); Board revision of Jan. 21, 2021 (effective Jan. 22, 2021: capacity cap removed, 2 a.m. closing, eight per table, table service only, six-foot spacing, gaming machines spaced, masks except while eating or drinking) (Ex. MT-080)
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)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health, Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-002, Quarantine and Isolation (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. MT-066)
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)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health, Phase Two reopening emergency rule (bars, restaurants, casinos, breweries and distilleries closing at 10 p.m.; 50 percent capacity), as amended April 2021 (eight per table; bar-stool spacing 3 feet), and Board action removing the enforcement mechanism of the Quarantine and Isolation Rule and the nursing-home visitation rules (April 2021) (Apr. 19, 2021) (Ex. MT-077)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health (Becky Franks, Chair), Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase One (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MT-068)
Matt Kelley, Health Officer, Gallatin City-County Health Department, Order of Health Officer HO-2020-002, Quarantine and Isolation (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. MT-064)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health, Amendments to Emergency Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001 (closures expanded and extended) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MT-063)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health, Amended Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001-A, Establishment Restrictions (closures extended through April 24, 2020) (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. MT-065)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health, Amended Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001-B, Establishment Restrictions (closures extended through April 30, 2020) (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. MT-067)
Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer, Countywide face covering rule (masks in all indoor public spaces and businesses; employers to enforce) (July 9, 2020) (Ex. MT-079)
Montana Legislature (Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116, as amended by Ch. 324 and Ch. 408, L. 2021 (HB 121, approved Apr. 16, 2021; HB 257, approved May 7, 2021)), Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116 (Powers and duties of local boards of health) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-073) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-029)
Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021, Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1601 (SB 65 sec. 1) (Feb. 10, 2021) (Ex. DUT-MT-015)

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