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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-ME-017	State of Maine Food Code 2013, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200 and 01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331 (last amended October 1, 2013): sec. 2-201.11 (permit holder shall require food employees to report symptoms and diagnoses of transmissible disease; exclusion and restriction), sec. 2-501.11 (clean-up procedures), sec. 8-304.11 (responsibilities of the permit holder: comply with the Code and with 'directives of the Regulatory Authority... in response to community emergencies'; discontinue operations on imminent health hazard), sec. 8-402.11 (access), sec. 8-404.11 (ceasing operations and reporting), sec. 8-404.12 (approval before resuming), sec. 8-405.11 (timely correction)State of Maine Food Code (2013), 10-144 CMR 200 and 01-01 CMR 331	Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine CDC Health Inspection Program (10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200), jointly with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331)	MaineState	Oct. 1, 2013	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. ME-002	Proclamation of Insurance EmergencyProclamation of Insurance Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
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. 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. ME-001	Proclamation of State of Civil Emergency to Further Protect Public HealthProclamation of State of Civil Emergency to Further Protect Public Health	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-003	P.L. 2019, ch. 617 (LD 2167, SP 789)An Act To Implement Provisions Necessary to the Health, Welfare and Safety of the Citizens of Maine in Response to the COVID-19 Public…	Maine Legislature (129th), approved by Governor Mills	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. ME-018	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (first renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-024	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (second renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	May 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-011	Order on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills, No. 2:20-cv-00176-LEW, ECF No. 20 (D. Me. May 29, 2020), reported at 463 F. Supp. 3d 22Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills: order refusing preliminary injunction against the 14-day self-quarantine requirement of Executive Order…	Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District Judge	United States District Court for the District of MaineCourt	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. ME-027	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (third renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	June 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-030	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (fourth renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	July 8, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-035	Proclamation to Renew the Civil State of Emergency (fifth renewal)A Proclamation to Renew the Civil State of Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Aug. 5, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declaration	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-037	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (sixth renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Sept. 2, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-038	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (seventh renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-041	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (eighth renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Oct. 29, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-043	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (ninth renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Nov. 24, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-047	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (tenth renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-015	22 M.R.S. sec. 1561 (owner's or occupant's duty to remove, within 24 hours of the local health officer's notice, any source of filth 'determined to be potentially injurious to health'; forfeiture; removal at owner's expense)22 M.R.S. sec. 1561, Removal of private nuisance (Maine Revised Statutes, section page as published by the Revisor of Statutes, rendered…	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. sec. 1561, Removal of private nuisance; enforced by local health officers)	MaineState	Jan. 1, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. ME-050	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (eleventh renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Jan. 19, 2021	2021 Q1	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-052	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (twelfth renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Feb. 17, 2021	2021 Q1	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-054	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (thirteenth renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 17, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-016	Public Law 2021, chapter 28 (L.D. 1), An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers, Part C, enacting 37-B M.R.S. sec. 742(1)(E)An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers	130th Maine Legislature (L.D. 1, S.P. 29); became law without the Governor's signature	MaineState	Mar. 25, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. ME-055	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (fourteenth renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Apr. 14, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. ME-059	Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (final renewal)Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	June 11, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read

Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine CDC Health Inspection Program (10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200), jointly with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331), State of Maine Food Code 2013, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 200 and 01-001 C.M.R. ch. 331 (last amended October 1, 2013): sec. 2-201.11 (permit holder shall require food employees to report symptoms and diagnoses of transmissible disease; exclusion and restriction), sec. 2-501.11 (clean-up procedures), sec. 8-304.11 (responsibilities of the permit holder: comply with the Code and with 'directives of the Regulatory Authority... in response to community emergencies'; discontinue operations on imminent health hazard), sec. 8-402.11 (access), sec. 8-404.11 (ceasing operations and reporting), sec. 8-404.12 (approval before resuming), sec. 8-405.11 (timely correction) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-017)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation of Insurance Emergency (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. ME-002)
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)
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)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation of State of Civil Emergency to Further Protect Public Health (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. ME-001)
Maine Legislature (129th), approved by Governor Mills, P.L. 2019, ch. 617 (LD 2167, SP 789) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. ME-003)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (first renewal) (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. ME-018)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (second renewal) (May 13, 2020) (Ex. ME-024)
Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District Judge, Order on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills, No. 2:20-cv-00176-LEW, ECF No. 20 (D. Me. May 29, 2020), reported at 463 F. Supp. 3d 22 (Ex. DUT-ME-011)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (third renewal) (June 10, 2020) (Ex. ME-027)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (fourth renewal) (July 8, 2020) (Ex. ME-030)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the Civil State of Emergency (fifth renewal) (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. ME-035)
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, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (sixth renewal) (Sept. 2, 2020) (Ex. ME-037)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (seventh renewal) (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. ME-038)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (eighth renewal) (Oct. 29, 2020) (Ex. ME-041)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (ninth renewal) (Nov. 24, 2020) (Ex. ME-043)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (tenth renewal) (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. ME-047)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. sec. 1561, Removal of private nuisance; enforced by local health officers), 22 M.R.S. sec. 1561 (owner's or occupant's duty to remove, within 24 hours of the local health officer's notice, any source of filth 'determined to be potentially injurious to health'; forfeiture; removal at owner's expense) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-015)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (eleventh renewal) (Jan. 19, 2021) (Ex. ME-050)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (twelfth renewal) (Feb. 17, 2021) (Ex. ME-052)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (thirteenth renewal) (Mar. 17, 2021) (Ex. ME-054)
130th Maine Legislature (L.D. 1, S.P. 29); became law without the Governor's signature, Public Law 2021, chapter 28 (L.D. 1), An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers, Part C, enacting 37-B M.R.S. sec. 742(1)(E) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-016)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (fourteenth renewal) (Apr. 14, 2021) (Ex. ME-055)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (final renewal) (June 11, 2021) (Ex. ME-059)

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