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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-SAT-016	VIA release: customers required to wear face coverings beginning Wednesday, April 22, 2020VIA Customers Required to Wear Face Covering Beginning Wednesday	VIA Metropolitan Transit	VIA Metropolitan TransitSector regulator	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-TX-020	Open Texas, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for All Employers (version archived May 12, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for All Employers	Governor Greg Abbott (Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas) with the Texas Department of State Health Services	TexasState	May 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-017	Emergency Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), COVID-19 provisionsEmergency Rule 108.7 (version effective Feb. 19, 2021, strikethrough)	Texas State Board of Dental Examiners	TexasSector regulator	Feb. 19, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TX-043	Texans Helping Texans: The Governor's Report to Open Texas (with DSHS minimum standard health protocols for reopened services)The Governor's Report to Open Texas	Governor Greg Abbott; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas; DSHS	TexasState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-010	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Cosmetology Salons/Hair Salons (revised May 5, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Cosmetology Salons/Hair Salons	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, posted and applied by TDLR (cosmetology program)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-011	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Barber Shops (revised May 5, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Barber Shops	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, posted and applied by TDLR (barber program)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-012	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Nail Salons (revised May 5, 2020)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Nail Salons	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, posted and applied by TDLR (cosmetology program, nail salons)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-048	Executive Order of County Judge B. Glen Whitley (June 25, 2020)Executive Order requiring every entity providing goods or services to the public to adopt a Health and Safety Policy with face coverings	Tarrant County Judge B. Glen Whitley	Tarrant County, TexasCounty	June 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-092	Notice: Tarrant County face mask ordinance; Trinity Metro's Health and Safety Policy (June 25, 2020; updated Nov. 25, 2020 and Feb. 23, 2021)Trinity Metro: face masks required of all riders and employees from 6:00 p.m. June 26, 2020	Trinity Metro	Trinity Metro service area (Fort Worth and Tarrant County)Sector regulator	June 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-043	Fourth Amended Order Prohibiting Certain Large Gatherings and Events and Reopening and Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Certain Businesses and City PremisesFourth Amended Order Prohibiting Certain Large Gatherings and Events and Reopening and Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Certain Businesses…	Mayor Sylvester Turner	City of Houston, TexasCity	June 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-020	Amended Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face CoveringsAmended Order Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	July 1, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TX-022	Executive Order GA-29Relating to the use of face coverings during the COVID-19 disaster	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	July 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-090	TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation)TEA SY 2020-21 Public Health Planning Guidance and 2021-22 updates	Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath)	TexasSector regulator	July 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010	SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)Public health planning requirements for the 2020-21 school year: posted mitigation plans, staff self-screening, exclusion of symptomatic and…	Texas Education Agency, Commissioner Mike Morath	Texas Education Agency (Commissioner of Education); State levelState	July 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TX-052	SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance	Texas Education Agency (TEA)	TexasSector regulator	July 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-047	Release: Mayor Turner Announces Citations Will Be Issued to People Not Wearing Face MasksHPD directed to issue warnings and $250 citations under the State mask order	Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release)	City of Houston, TexasCity	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-023	Supplemental Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Health and Safety Policies for Businesses and Face CoveringsSupplemental Order on Health and Safety Policies for Businesses and Face Coverings (Aug. 4, 2020)	Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Aug. 4, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-023	Order Extending Amended Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face CoveringsOrder Extending Amended Order Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	Aug. 26, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-052	Eleventh Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-16, GA-29, GA-31, GA-32; curfews; hospital reserve)Eleventh Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19	Mayor Ron Nirenberg	City of San Antonio, TexasCity	Nov. 25, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-028	County Judge's Sixth Order Authorizing Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County BuildingsSixth Order Authorizing Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County Buildings	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	Nov. 30, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-029	Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020 (face coverings; site rules; continuing through April 15, 2021)	Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark Escott)	City of Austin, TexasCity	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-AUS-013	Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20201215-021Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (gatherings over 10 prohibited; individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for…	Mayor Steve Adler	City of Austin, TexasCity	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-044	County Judge Order 2020-21, Relating to the COVID-19 Community RestrictionsCOVID-19 Community Restrictions Order (gatherings over 10 prohibited; face coverings; business Health and Safety Policies; December 16, 2020…	Travis County Judge Samuel T. Biscoe (signature page not read; Judge Biscoe held office until Judge Andy Brown's succession in November 2020 - Judge Brown signed the December 23 order)	Travis County, Texas (all cities and municipalities within the county listed in Exhibit A)County	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-055	Executive Order NW-19 (area of high hospitalization: 50 percent occupancy; bars closed)Executive Order NW-19 of County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	Bexar County, TexasCounty	Dec. 28, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-094	Notice: Federal face mask order enforced (Feb. 2, 2021)Trinity Metro enforcement of the CDC conveyance mask order from 11:59 p.m. Feb. 1, 2021	Trinity Metro	Trinity Metro service areaSector regulator	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read

VIA Metropolitan Transit, VIA release: customers required to wear face coverings beginning Wednesday, April 22, 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-016)
Governor Greg Abbott (Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas) with the Texas Department of State Health Services, Open Texas, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for All Employers (version archived May 12, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-020)
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, Emergency Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code 108.7 (Minimum Standard of Care, General), COVID-19 provisions (Feb. 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-03-017)
Governor Greg Abbott; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas; DSHS, Texans Helping Texans: The Governor's Report to Open Texas (with DSHS minimum standard health protocols for reopened services) (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. TX-043)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Cosmetology Salons/Hair Salons (revised May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-010)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Barber Shops (revised May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-011)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Nail Salons (revised May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-012)
Tarrant County Judge B. Glen Whitley, Executive Order of County Judge B. Glen Whitley (June 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-048)
Trinity Metro, Notice: Tarrant County face mask ordinance; Trinity Metro's Health and Safety Policy (June 25, 2020; updated Nov. 25, 2020 and Feb. 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-092)
Mayor Sylvester Turner, Fourth Amended Order Prohibiting Certain Large Gatherings and Events and Reopening and Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Certain Businesses and City Premises (June 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-043)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Amended Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings (July 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-020)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-29 (July 2, 2020) (Ex. TX-022)
Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath), TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation) (Ex. SEC-15-090)
Texas Education Agency, Commissioner Mike Morath, SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010)
Texas Education Agency (TEA), SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020) (Ex. TX-052)
Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release), Release: Mayor Turner Announces Citations Will Be Issued to People Not Wearing Face Masks (Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-047)
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Supplemental Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Health and Safety Policies for Businesses and Face Coverings (Aug. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-023)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Order Extending Amended Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings (Aug. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-023)
Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Eleventh Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-16, GA-29, GA-31, GA-32; curfews; hospital reserve) (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-052)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, County Judge's Sixth Order Authorizing Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County Buildings (Nov. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-028)
Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark Escott), Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020 (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-029)
Mayor Steve Adler, Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20201215-021 (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-013)
Travis County Judge Samuel T. Biscoe (signature page not read; Judge Biscoe held office until Judge Andy Brown's succession in November 2020 - Judge Brown signed the December 23 order), County Judge Order 2020-21, Relating to the COVID-19 Community Restrictions (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-044)
County Judge Nelson W. Wolff, Executive Order NW-19 (area of high hospitalization: 50 percent occupancy; bars closed) (Dec. 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-055)
Trinity Metro, Notice: Federal face mask order enforced (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-094)

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