General exemptions

The following positions in the Office shall be exempt from all Sections of this Code except Section 9b.1: (a) The Deputy State Treasurer, Assistant to the State Treasurer, Executive Assistant to the State Treasurer and Chief Fiscal Officer; (b) The personal secretaries and administrative assistants to the Treasurer; (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; (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. (Source: P.A. 90-621, eff. 1-1-99.)