Sections 101.352, 101.353, 121.93, and 121.931 of the Revised Code do not apply to:

(A) The following elected state officers or their offices: the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, and the attorney general;

(B) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; or

(C) The public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the state highway patrol retirement system.