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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-ME-001	22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. ME-021	Executive Order 49 FY 19/20An Order to Stay Safer at Home	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-014	Order on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, Savage v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00165-LEW, ECF No. 26 (D. Me. Aug. 7, 2020), reported at 478 F. Supp. 3d 16Savage v. Mills (Sunday River Brewing Company): order dismissing business owners' constitutional challenge to the Governor's COVID-19…	Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District Judge	United States District Court for the District of MaineCourt	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. ME-020	Together We Are Maine: Restarting Maine's Economy (plan booklet)Restarting Maine's Economy	Governor Janet T. Mills; Department of Economic and Community Development	MaineState	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-042	Executive Order 16 FY 20/21An Order to Revise Indoor Gathering Limits, Strengthen Face Covering Requirements and Delegate Certain Authority	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Nov. 4, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-057	Executive Order 38 FY 20/21An Order to Amend Indoor Gathering and In-Store Customer Limits	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	May 13, 2021	2021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. ME-081	COVID-19 Prevention Checklists index page (maine.gov/decd/covid-19-prevention-checklists) as of Dec. 12, 2020COVID-19 Prevention Checklists	Department of Economic and Community Development	MaineSector regulator	Dec. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention), 22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-001)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 49 FY 19/20 (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. ME-021)
Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District Judge, Order on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, Savage v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00165-LEW, ECF No. 26 (D. Me. Aug. 7, 2020), reported at 478 F. Supp. 3d 16 (Ex. DUT-ME-014)
Governor Janet T. Mills; Department of Economic and Community Development, Together We Are Maine: Restarting Maine's Economy (plan booklet) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. ME-020)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 16 FY 20/21 (Nov. 4, 2020) (Ex. ME-042)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 38 FY 20/21 (May 13, 2021) (Ex. ME-057)
Department of Economic and Community Development, COVID-19 Prevention Checklists index page (maine.gov/decd/covid-19-prevention-checklists) as of Dec. 12, 2020 (Ex. ME-081)

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