The following positions in the Office shall be exempt from all Sections of this Code except Section 9b.1:

1. (a) The Deputy State Treasurer, Assistant to the State Treasurer, Executive Assistant to the State Treasurer and Chief Fiscal Officer;
2. (b) The personal secretaries and administrative assistants to the Treasurer;
3. (c) Persons exercising substantial executive or administrative functions who have, as their primary responsibility, the operation of an organizational entity in the Office of the State Treasurer;
4. (d) Licensed attorneys in positions as legal or technical advisors, except in those positions paid from federal funds if such exemption is inconsistent with federal requirements.

(from Ch. 130, par. 105a)

(Source: P.A. 90-621, eff. 1-1-99.)