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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-TN-005	Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 1200-14-01 (Communicable and Environmental Diseases), Rules.15,.25,.26 and.27Rules of the Tennessee Department of Health, Chapter 1200-14-01, Communicable and Environmental Diseases (compilation dated November 2004…	Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Disease Services	TennesseeState	June 7, 1974	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. TN-007	Executive Order No. 22An Order Directing Tennesseans to Stay Home Unless Engaging in Essential Activities to Limit Their Exposure to and Spread of COVID-19…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-008	Executive Order No. 23An Order Amending Executive Order No. 22, Requiring Tennesseans to Stay Home Unless Engaging in Essential Activity or Essential Services	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. TN-013	Executive Order No. 30An Order Allowing Tennesseans to Return to Work Safely While Encouraging Continued Adherence to Health Guidelines to Limit the Spread of…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-053	Tennessee Pledge: general guidelines (version first published Apr. 24-28, 2020)Tennessee Pledge: Reopening Tennessee Responsibly (general guidelines)	Governor's Economic Recovery Group (ERG)	TennesseeState	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-060	Tennessee Pledge: Manufacturing Industry guidelinesTennessee Pledge: Manufacturing Industry	Governor's Economic Recovery Group	TennesseeState	May 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-018	Executive Order No. 38An Order Expanding the Number of Tennesseans Who May Return to Work Safely While Urging Continued Adherence to Health and Social Distancing…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	May 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-062	Tennessee Pledge: Lodging & Accommodations guidelinesTennessee Pledge: Lodging & Accommodations	Governor's Economic Recovery Group	TennesseeState	May 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-020	Executive Order No. 50An Order to Facilitate and Respond to Continuing Effects of COVID-19 by Extending Executive Order Nos. 36 & 38 (as Amended by Executive…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	June 29, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declarationTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-064	Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 9Health Order and Directive No. 9 (no bar seating or standing; alcohol only with food to seated customers; two-hour limit; 10:00 p.m. close)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	July 24, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-010	Tennessee COVID-19 Recovery Act, 2020 Tenn. Pub. Acts (2d Ex. Sess.) ch. 1 (SB 8002 / HB 8001), enacted text as Senate Amendment No. 1 (SA8001) adopted August 12, 2020An Act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3; Title 29, Chapter 34; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49, Chapter 7…	Tennessee General Assembly, 111th General Assembly, Second Extraordinary Session; signed by Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Aug. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyOperating conditionOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-023	Executive Order No. 59An Order to Facilitate the Continued Response to COVID-19 and Extend Certain Provisions of Executive Order Nos. 36, 38, 49, 50, 54, and 55	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Aug. 28, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-024	Executive Order No. 63An Order to Facilitate the Continued Response to COVID-19 and Extend Certain, Targeted Provisions	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Sept. 29, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-025	Executive Order No. 67An Order to Facilitate the Continued Response to COVID-19 by Extending the Provisions of Executive Order No. 63	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Oct. 30, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-046	In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Extending State of Emergency and Suspending Jury TrialsOrder Extending State of Emergency and Suspending Jury Trials	Tennessee Supreme Court	TennesseeCourt	Nov. 17, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-028	Executive Order No. 73An Order to Facilitate the Continued Response to COVID-19 by Extending Executive Order Provisions	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-073	Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 18Health Directive No. 18 (food and beverage service ends at midnight; fixed paired bar seats; two-hour limit; no indoor dancing; courthouse…	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Feb. 17, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-049	In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court ProceedingsOrder Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings	Tennessee Supreme Court	TennesseeCourt	Feb. 12, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-001	Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-1-201Power to quarantine	Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by the Commissioner of Health	TennesseeState	May 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-003	Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-2-609Orders of county health officer (quarantine of a place or person; closure of a public establishment, facility, or building)	Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); exercised by county health officers	TennesseeState	May 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-016	Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. No. 21-15Authority Issues Involving County Health Departments	Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee	TennesseeState	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. TN-035	Executive Order No. 83An Order to Facilitate the Continued Response to COVID-19	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Aug. 6, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-051	In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting BusinessOrder Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting Business	Tennessee Supreme Court	TennesseeCourt	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-075	Shelby County Health Order No. 27Health Order No. 27 (effective October 27, 2021 until November 30, 2021; supersedes Health Order No. 26; school masks continue; indoor…	Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer; Michelle Taylor, M.D., Dr.P.H., Health Director)	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Oct. 27, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-066	Public Chapter No. 6, Third Extraordinary Session (2021) (SB 9014 / HB 9077)An Act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated... relative to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic (Tenn. Code Ann. Title 14)	Tennessee General Assembly (112th, Third Extraordinary Session), signed by Governor Lee	TennesseeState	Nov. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read

Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 1200-14-01 (Communicable and Environmental Diseases), Rules.15,.25,.26 and.27 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-005)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 22 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. TN-007)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 23 (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. TN-008)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 30 (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. TN-013)
Governor's Economic Recovery Group (ERG), Tennessee Pledge: general guidelines (version first published Apr. 24-28, 2020) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. TN-053)
Governor's Economic Recovery Group, Tennessee Pledge: Manufacturing Industry guidelines (May 14, 2020) (Ex. TN-060)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 38 (May 22, 2020) (Ex. TN-018)
Governor's Economic Recovery Group, Tennessee Pledge: Lodging & Accommodations guidelines (May 31, 2020) (Ex. TN-062)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 50 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. TN-020)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 9 (July 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-064)
Tennessee General Assembly, 111th General Assembly, Second Extraordinary Session; signed by Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee COVID-19 Recovery Act, 2020 Tenn. Pub. Acts (2d Ex. Sess.) ch. 1 (SB 8002 / HB 8001), enacted text as Senate Amendment No. 1 (SA8001) adopted August 12, 2020 (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TN-010)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 59 (Aug. 28, 2020) (Ex. TN-023)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 63 (Sept. 29, 2020) (Ex. TN-024)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 67 (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. TN-025)
Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Extending State of Emergency and Suspending Jury Trials (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. TN-046)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 73 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. TN-028)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 18 (Feb. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-073)
Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings (Feb. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-049)
Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by the Commissioner of Health, Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-1-201 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-001)
Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); exercised by county health officers, Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-2-609 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-003)
Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee, Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. No. 21-15 (May 26, 2021) (Ex. DUT-TN-016)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 83 (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. TN-035)
Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting Business (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. TN-051)
Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer; Michelle Taylor, M.D., Dr.P.H., Health Director), Shelby County Health Order No. 27 (Oct. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-075)
Tennessee General Assembly (112th, Third Extraordinary Session), signed by Governor Lee, Public Chapter No. 6, Third Extraordinary Session (2021) (SB 9014 / HB 9077) (Nov. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-066)

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