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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. SEC-08-040	Temporary waiver of vehicle title and registration requirements (press release, Mar. 16, 2020)Governor Abbott Grants Temporary Waiver of Vehicle Title & Registration Requirements	Governor Abbott	TexasState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. TX-002	Suspension of Texas Open Meetings Act provisions (Gov't Code ch. 551)Governor Abbott Allows Virtual And Telephonic Open Meetings To Maintain Government Transparency	Governor Greg Abbott (at the request of the Office of the Attorney General)	TexasState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-069	TxDMV notice: The Temporary Waiver of Vehicle Title & Registration Requirements Ends April 14, 2021 (as archived March 30, 2021)The Temporary Waiver of Vehicle Title & Registration Requirements Ends April 14, 2021	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (implementing Governor Abbott's March 16, 2020 waiver)	TexasSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
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-TRADE-BOARDS-040	Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement)Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates…	Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.)	Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)Court	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. TX-060	Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Sept. 17, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-017	Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20210216-026Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for business establishments; City…	Mayor Steve Adler	City of Austin, TexasCity	Feb. 16, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-062	Fourth Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (effective March 1, 2021)Fourth Amended Emergency Order (all hearings and trials held remotely; remote jury trials; in-person proceedings not to resume until safe)	Travis County Civil and Family Courts	Travis County, Texas (Civil and Family District Courts and County Courts at Law)Court	Mar. 1, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-068	Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Sixth Emergency Order (remote participation on request; in-person proceedings under local minimum standard health protocols; jury…	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-063	Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-034	County Judge's Seventh Order Requiring Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County BuildingsSeventh Order Requiring Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County Buildings	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	Mar. 9, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-060	Thirteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-20, GA-34, the CDC eviction order and the CDC conveyance mask order)Thirteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19	Mayor Ron Nirenberg	City of San Antonio, TexasCity	Mar. 9, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-059	Executive Order NW-20 (post-GA-34: Health and Safety Policy posting continues; county facilities)Executive Order NW-20 of Bexar County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	Bexar County, TexasCounty	Mar. 9, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-051	Modification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person ProceedingsModification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person Proceedings	Harris County Local Administrative District Judge	Harris County, Texas (all courts)Court	Mar. 15, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-035	Order by the County Judge of Harris County (Temporarily controlling the occupancy of a premises)Occupancy of a Premises Order (Apr. 6, 2021 sales)	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	Mar. 31, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-061	Fourth Order Regarding Court Proceedings Pending COVID-19 State of Emergency (eviction cases)Fourth Order Regarding Court Proceedings Pending COVID-19 State of Emergency	The Justices of the Peace of Bexar County	Justice of the Peace Courts, Bexar County, TexasCourt	Apr. 7, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-036	Order by the County Judge of Harris County (Cancelling statutory foreclosure and other judicial sales)Order Cancelling Statutory Foreclosure and Other Judicial Sales (May 4, 2021)	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-037	Twelfth Amended Emergency Regulations, Ordinance No. 31865Twelfth Amended Emergency Regulations (May 19, 2021)	City of Dallas (City Manager T.C. Broadnax; Emergency Management Director)	City of Dallas, TexasCity	May 19, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-037	Order Requiring Fever and Health Screening and Face Coverings in County Owned or Controlled BuildingsOrder Requiring Fever and Health Screenings and Face Coverings in County Buildings	Harris County Commissioners Court	Harris County, TexasCounty	May 25, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TX-064	Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9060Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-072	Order Dissolving Collin County District Court COVID Emergency OrdersOrder dissolving all Collin County district court COVID emergency orders (May 27, 2021)	Collin County District Courts (Local Administrative District Judge Emily Miskel, on behalf of thirteen district courts)	Collin County, TexasCourt	May 27, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-069	Misc. Docket No. 21-9060, Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Eighth Emergency Order (in force June 1-Aug. 1, 2021: remote participation; local health protocols; jury proceedings under approved…	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-099	COVID-19 Operating Plan, Collin County Court System (2020)Collin County court system COVID-19 operating plan (2020)	Collin County Court System	Collin County, TexasCourt		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source

Governor Abbott, Temporary waiver of vehicle title and registration requirements (press release, Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. SEC-08-040)
Governor Greg Abbott (at the request of the Office of the Attorney General), Suspension of Texas Open Meetings Act provisions (Gov't Code ch. 551) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. TX-002)
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (implementing Governor Abbott's March 16, 2020 waiver), TxDMV notice: The Temporary Waiver of Vehicle Title & Registration Requirements Ends April 14, 2021 (as archived March 30, 2021) (Mar. 20, 2021) (Ex. TX-069)
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)
Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.), Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040)
Supreme Court of Texas, Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program) (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-060)
Mayor Steve Adler, Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20210216-026 (Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-017)
Travis County Civil and Family Courts, Fourth Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (effective March 1, 2021) (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-062)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-068)
Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026 (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. TX-063)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, County Judge's Seventh Order Requiring Fever and Health Screening and Requiring Face Coverings in County Buildings (Mar. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-034)
Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Thirteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-20, GA-34, the CDC eviction order and the CDC conveyance mask order) (Mar. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-060)
County Judge Nelson W. Wolff, Executive Order NW-20 (post-GA-34: Health and Safety Policy posting continues; county facilities) (Mar. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-059)
Harris County Local Administrative District Judge, Modification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person Proceedings (Mar. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-051)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Order by the County Judge of Harris County (Temporarily controlling the occupancy of a premises) (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-035)
The Justices of the Peace of Bexar County, Fourth Order Regarding Court Proceedings Pending COVID-19 State of Emergency (eviction cases) (Apr. 7, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-061)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Order by the County Judge of Harris County (Cancelling statutory foreclosure and other judicial sales) (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-036)
City of Dallas (City Manager T.C. Broadnax; Emergency Management Director), Twelfth Amended Emergency Regulations, Ordinance No. 31865 (May 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-037)
Harris County Commissioners Court, Order Requiring Fever and Health Screening and Face Coverings in County Owned or Controlled Buildings (May 25, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-037)
Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9060 (May 26, 2021) (Ex. TX-064)
Collin County District Courts (Local Administrative District Judge Emily Miskel, on behalf of thirteen district courts), Order Dissolving Collin County District Court COVID Emergency Orders (May 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-072)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9060, Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (May 26, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-069)
Collin County Court System, COVID-19 Operating Plan, Collin County Court System (2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-099)

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