Moved check on Options.ValidateFeatures below ThrowIf methods to prevent NullReferenceException (#1800)

* Moved check on Options.ValidateFeatures below ThrowIf methods to prevent NullReferenceException

* Add Unit Test

* Update ReleaseNotes.md

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Co-authored-by: NChristian <6939810+chkr1011@users.noreply.github.com>