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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-SC-005	S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440Additional powers and duties of Governor during declared emergency	General Assembly of South Carolina	South CarolinaState	June 11, 2008	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-006	S.C. Code Ann. §§ 1-3-420, 1-3-430, 1-3-440, 1-3-460 (Title 1, Chapter 3, Article 7)Proclamation of emergency by Governor; orders to prevent danger; further powers of Governor; powers supplemental	General Assembly of South Carolina	South CarolinaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. SC-001	Executive Order No. 2020-08State of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SC-002	Executive Order No. 2020-09Closing Public Schools, Cancelling Elections, etc. Due to Coronavirus	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SC-003	Executive Order No. 2020-10Directing Additional Emergency Measures in Response to COVID-19	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SC-046	Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-03-18-01)Statewide moratorium on eviction and foreclosure proceedings	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SC-004	Executive Order No. 2020-11Additional Emergency Measures and Regulatory Relief re COVID-19	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-026	SCDMV COVID-19 Update #1 (Executive Director's guidance of March 26, 2020)SCDMV Update #1, March 26, 2020: credentials and registrations expiring March 1 to June 30, 2020 treated as valid until July 1, 2020	Kevin A. Shwedo, Executive Director, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles	South Carolina (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles)State	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SC-038	Local stay-at-home ordinances (Columbia and Charleston, adopted Mar. 26, 2020, effective before the State's Home or Work Order of Apr. 7) and local face-covering ordinances (Greenville from June 22-23, 2020; Charleston from July 1, 2020; Columbia, Richland County, Charleston County, Myrtle Beach and Horry County from July 2020), renewed every sixty daysEmergency ordinances requiring face coverings in retail, grocery, pharmacy and food-service settings; municipal stay-at-home ordinances	city and county councils (emergency ordinances under S.C. Code §§ 4-9-130 and 5-7-250)	City of Columbia; City of Charleston; City of Greenville; Richland County; Charleston County; City of Myrtle Beach; Horry County; Town of Lexington; City of North Myrtle Beach (principal local instruments)City	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-008	Executive Order No. 2020-15State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-018	Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Mar. 29, 2020) (to Rep. Jeff Bradley), on the extraordinary powers of the Governor during a state of emergency, with additional citationsDo the Governor's extraordinary powers in a state of emergency preempt similar orders of counties and municipalities during the same state…	Attorney General Alan Wilson, by Robert D. Cook, Solicitor General (expedited opinion to the Hon. Jeff Bradley, S.C. House of Representatives, District 123)	South CarolinaState	Mar. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. SC-010	Executive Order No. 2020-17Closure of Non-Essential Businesses, Venues, Facilities, Services, and Activities for Public Use	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SC-047	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01)Statewide trial-court operations order: jury trials continued; hearings remote or limited to ten persons	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-011	Executive Order No. 2020-18Closure of Additional Non-Essential Businesses, Venues, Facilities, Services, and Activities for Public Use	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-024	SCDMV 'COVID-19 Related Information' page (April 8, 2020; as archived April 10, 2020)SCDMV COVID-19 Related Information: appointments required at branch offices; road tests suspended; extensions of document expirations	South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles	South Carolina (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles)State	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SC-014	Executive Order No. 2020-23State of Emergency Due to Acceleration of COVID-19 Pandemic	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Apr. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-019	Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Apr. 13, 2020) (to Rep. Josiah Magnuson), on the Governor's authority under § 25-1-440 and the fifteen-day limitationWhether the Governor may issue successive fifteen-day emergency declarations without the consent of the General Assembly; the scope of the…	Attorney General Alan Wilson (opinion to the Hon. Josiah Magnuson, S.C. House of Representatives)	South CarolinaState	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. SC-048	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01)Amended statewide trial-court operations order	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	Apr. 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SC-016	Executive Order No. 2020-29New State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, Response, Recovery, etc.	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. SC-050	Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020)Attorney supervision of real estate closings by video conference during the emergency	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SC-020	Executive Order No. 2020-35State of Emergency to Facilitate COVID-19 Pandemic Response, Testing, and Other Measures	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	May 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. SC-049	Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02)Resumption of evictions and foreclosures May 15, 2020 with CARES Act certification	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	South CarolinaCourt	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SC-051	Order re Use of Personal Protective Equipment in County Court Facilities (2020-05-26-01)Right to wear PPE in county court facilities statewide; interference punishable as contempt	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	South CarolinaCourt	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SC-023	Executive Order No. 2020-38State of Emergency to Facilitate Coordinated COVID-19 Pandemic Response	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	May 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. SC-024	Executive Order No. 2020-40State of Emergency (with School Closures, Protection of First Responders, Transportation Waivers, and Modification of Prior Emergency…	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	June 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read

General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440 (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-005)
General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 1-3-420, 1-3-430, 1-3-440, 1-3-460 (Title 1, Chapter 3, Article 7) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-006)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-08 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SC-001)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-09 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. SC-002)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-10 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SC-003)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-03-18-01) (Ex. SC-046)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-11 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SC-004)
Kevin A. Shwedo, Executive Director, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, SCDMV COVID-19 Update #1 (Executive Director's guidance of March 26, 2020) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-026)
city and county councils (emergency ordinances under S.C. Code §§ 4-9-130 and 5-7-250), Local stay-at-home ordinances (Columbia and Charleston, adopted Mar. 26, 2020, effective before the State's Home or Work Order of Apr. 7) and local face-covering ordinances (Greenville from June 22-23, 2020; Charleston from July 1, 2020; Columbia, Richland County, Charleston County, Myrtle Beach and Horry County from July 2020), renewed every sixty days (Ex. SC-038)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-15 (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. SC-008)
Attorney General Alan Wilson, by Robert D. Cook, Solicitor General (expedited opinion to the Hon. Jeff Bradley, S.C. House of Representatives, District 123), Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Mar. 29, 2020) (to Rep. Jeff Bradley), on the extraordinary powers of the Governor during a state of emergency, with additional citations (Ex. DUT-SC-018)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-17 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. SC-010)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01) (Ex. SC-047)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-18 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. SC-011)
South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, SCDMV 'COVID-19 Related Information' page (April 8, 2020; as archived April 10, 2020) (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-024)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-23 (Apr. 12, 2020) (Ex. SC-014)
Attorney General Alan Wilson (opinion to the Hon. Josiah Magnuson, S.C. House of Representatives), Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Apr. 13, 2020) (to Rep. Josiah Magnuson), on the Governor's authority under § 25-1-440 and the fifteen-day limitation (Ex. DUT-SC-019)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01) (Ex. SC-048)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-29 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SC-016)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. SC-050)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-35 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. SC-020)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02) (Ex. SC-049)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Use of Personal Protective Equipment in County Court Facilities (2020-05-26-01) (Ex. SC-051)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-38 (May 27, 2020) (Ex. SC-023)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-40 (June 11, 2020) (Ex. SC-024)

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