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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044	Governor's suspension of statutes to allow appearance before a notary public via videoconference (announced April 8, 2020)Governor Abbott Temporarily Suspends Certain Statutes To Allow For Appearance Before Notary Public Via Videoconference	Governor Greg Abbott (Office of the Texas Governor release announcing the suspension)	Texas (Governor)State	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042	Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations (No. 20-03-30-04)Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	Maryland (Governor)State	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-006	C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704 (The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations)The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations	Colorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018)	ColoradoState	Oct. 1, 2018	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-001	20 Del. C. §§ 3115-3117 (General authority of the Governor; Powers; Activation of emergency or disaster response)Delaware Code, Title 20, Chapter 31, Subchapter III: The Governor and Emergency Management	Delaware General Assembly (codified statute)	DelawareState	Feb. 21, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCurfew and hoursStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. VT-095	Governor's release, Governor Phil Scott Announces Easing of Restrictions for Older and Vulnerable VermontersLong-term care outdoor visitation of two visitors per resident per day from June 19, 2020; hospital visitation baseline; Vermonters over 65…	Office of Governor Phil Scott (official release); VDH and DAIL guidance under Amended and Restated EO 01-20 § 2	VermontState	June 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Stay-at-homeHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-004	37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended)Title 37-B, Chapter 13: Maine Emergency Management Agency (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)	Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-002	20 ILCS 3305/7 (Emergency Powers of the Governor)Emergency powers of the Governor upon a disaster proclamation, including control of the movement of persons and the occupancy of premises	Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act)	IllinoisState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-007	La. R.S. 29:766 (declaration of a state of public health emergency; emergency powers of the governor)Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act: declaration of a state of public health emergency by executive order or proclamation, to be…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. PA-056	Order of the Governor for Staying the Notice Requirements for Certain Actions Related to the Dispossession of PropertyOrder of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Staying the Notice Requirements for Certain Actions Related to the…	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	May 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. PA-060	Amendment to the Order of the Governor for Staying the Notice Requirements for Certain Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (scope)Amendment to the Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Staying the Notice Requirements for Certain Actions Related…	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	May 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. PA-063	Order of the Governor Staying Notice Requirements for Specified Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (extension to Aug. 31, 2020)Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Staying Notice Requirements for Specified Actions Related to the Dispossession of…	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	July 9, 2020	2020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. PA-064	Order of the Governor Authorizing Commonwealth Agencies to Conduct Administrative Proceedings Online by Video or Telephonic MeansOrder of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Authorizing Commonwealth Agencies to Conduct Administrative Proceedings Online by…	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	July 10, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-003	N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.30 (Additional powers of the Governor during state of emergency)Additional powers of the Governor during state of emergency: direction of law enforcement (a)(2); control of ingress, egress, movement and…	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-005	StatuteGovernor's declaration of a state of emergency and emergency powers, including suspension of statutes and control of ingress, egress…	Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 1, Emergency Management)	MarylandState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BAL-039	Executive Order No. 2020-011, Incorporating Governor Hogan's Executive Order 20-06-19-01 (licenses, permits and legal time requirements)Incorporating Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.'s Executive Order 20-06-19-01 Dated June 19, 2020... Extending Certain Licenses, Permits…	County Executive John A. Olszewski, Jr.	Baltimore County, MarylandCounty	June 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-007	StatuteGovernor's orders in a catastrophic health emergency: seizure and rationing, medical examination, testing and vaccination, isolation and…	Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A, Catastrophic Health Emergencies)	MarylandState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-RI-008	R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9Governor's responsibilities relating to disaster emergencies	Rhode Island General Assembly (powers vested in the Governor; duties imposed on State health authorities and local code enforcement officials)	Rhode IslandState	July 6, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. SD-033	2020 House Bill 1296 (enrolled), amending SDCL 34-48A-5 and adding 34-48A-5.1An Act to revise the authority of the Governor in times of a disaster, act of terrorism, or emergency and to declare an emergency	South Dakota Legislature; signed by the Governor	South DakotaState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closure	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. MD-038	Order of the Governor (Mar. 16, 2020), Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	MarylandState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MD-098	Order of the Governor (Mar. 12, 2020) Extending Certain Licenses, Permits, RegistrationsExtending Certain Licenses, Permits, Registrations, and Other Governmental Authorizations, and Authorizing Suspension of Legal Time…	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	MarylandState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MI-014	MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253 incorporating the Governor's executive orders into the epidemic findingOrder incorporating Executive Orders into the MDHHS epidemic finding	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)	MichiganState	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closure	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-13-071	Order of the Governor No. 20-04-03-01Amending and Restating the Order Dated March 16, 2020, Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due…	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	MarylandState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-14-021	Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Related to the Dispossession of PropertyOrder Related to the Dispossession of Property	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	May 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038	P.L. 2020, Chapter 26 (Assembly Bill No. 3903)An Act concerning remote notarial acts, and other acts for executing and verifying certain documents, by notaries public and certain other…	New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy	New Jersey (Legislature)State	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read

Governor Greg Abbott (Office of the Texas Governor release announcing the suspension), Governor's suspension of statutes to allow appearance before a notary public via videoconference (announced April 8, 2020) (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations (No. 20-03-30-04) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042)
Colorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018), C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704 (The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CO-006)
Delaware General Assembly (codified statute), 20 Del. C. §§ 3115-3117 (General authority of the Governor; Powers; Activation of emergency or disaster response) (standing) (Ex. DUT-DE-001)
Office of Governor Phil Scott (official release); VDH and DAIL guidance under Amended and Restated EO 01-20 § 2, Governor's release, Governor Phil Scott Announces Easing of Restrictions for Older and Vulnerable Vermonters (June 17, 2020) (Ex. VT-095)
Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers), 37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-004)
Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act), 20 ILCS 3305/7 (Emergency Powers of the Governor) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IL-002)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:766 (declaration of a state of public health emergency; emergency powers of the governor) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-007)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor for Staying the Notice Requirements for Certain Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (May 7, 2020) (Ex. PA-056)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to the Order of the Governor for Staying the Notice Requirements for Certain Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (scope) (May 21, 2020) (Ex. PA-060)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor Staying Notice Requirements for Specified Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (extension to Aug. 31, 2020) (July 9, 2020) (Ex. PA-063)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor Authorizing Commonwealth Agencies to Conduct Administrative Proceedings Online by Video or Telephonic Means (July 10, 2020) (Ex. PA-064)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.30 (Additional powers of the Governor during state of emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-003)
Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 1, Emergency Management), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-005)
County Executive John A. Olszewski, Jr, Executive Order No. 2020-011, Incorporating Governor Hogan's Executive Order 20-06-19-01 (licenses, permits and legal time requirements) (June 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-BAL-039)
Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A, Catastrophic Health Emergencies), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-007)
Rhode Island General Assembly (powers vested in the Governor; duties imposed on State health authorities and local code enforcement officials), R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9 (standing) (Ex. DUT-RI-008)
South Dakota Legislature; signed by the Governor, 2020 House Bill 1296 (enrolled), amending SDCL 34-48A-5 and adding 34-48A-5.1 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SD-033)
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)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor (Mar. 16, 2020), Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19 (Ex. MD-038)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor (Mar. 12, 2020) Extending Certain Licenses, Permits, Registrations (Ex. MD-098)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon), MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253 incorporating the Governor's executive orders into the epidemic finding (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. MI-014)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor No. 20-04-03-01 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. SEC-13-071)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Related to the Dispossession of Property (May 7, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-021)
New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2020, Chapter 26 (Assembly Bill No. 3903) (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038)

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