Section 15 ILCS 510/5a - General exemptionsThe 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. P.A. 90-621, eff. 1/1/1999.