2-18-103. Officers and employees excepted. Parts 1 through 3 and 10 do not apply to the following officers and employees in state government:

(1)elected officials;

(2)county assessors and their chief deputies;

(3)employees of the office of consumer counsel;

(4)judges and employees of the judicial branch;

(5)members of boards and commissions appointed by the governor, the legislature, or other elected state officials;

(6)officers or members of the militia;

(7)agency heads appointed by the governor;

(8)academic and professional administrative personnel with individual contracts under the authority of the board of regents of higher education;

(9)academic and professional administrative personnel and live-in houseparents who have entered into individual contracts with the state school for the deaf and blind under the authority of the state board of public education;

(10)investment officer, assistant investment officer, executive director, and eight professional staff positions of the board of investments;

(11)four professional staff positions under the board of oil and gas conservation;

(12)director of the Montana state lottery and assistant director for security of the Montana state lottery;

(13)executive director and employees of the state compensation insurance fund;

(14)state racing stewards employed by the executive secretary of the Montana board of horseracing;

(15)executive director of the Montana wheat and barley committee;

(16)commissioner of banking and financial institutions;

(17)training coordinator for county attorneys;

(18)employees of an entity of the legislative branch consolidated, as provided in 5-2-504;

(19)chief information officer in the department of administration;

(20)chief economic development officer and six professional staff positions in the office of economic development provided for in 2-15-218; and

(21)the director of the office of state public defender provided for in 2-15-1029.