2-18-103. Officers and employees excepted. (1) Parts 1 and 2 do not apply to the following positions in state government:
     (a) elected officials;
     (b) county assessors and their chief deputy;
     (c) employees of the office of consumer counsel;
     (d) judges and employees of the judicial branch;
     (e) members of boards and commissions appointed by the governor, the legislature, or other elected state officials;
     (f) officers or members of the militia;
     (g) agency heads appointed by the governor;
     (h) academic and professional administrative personnel with individual contracts under the authority of the board of regents of higher education;
     (i) 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;
     (j) teachers under the authority of the department of corrections or the department of public health and human services;
     (k) investment officer, assistant investment officer, executive director, and three professional staff positions of the board of investments;
     (l) four professional staff positions under the board of oil and gas conservation;
     (m) assistant director for security of the Montana state lottery;
     (n) executive director and senior investment officer of the Montana board of science and technology development;
     (o) executive director and employees of the state compensation insurance fund;
     (p) state racing stewards employed by the executive secretary of the Montana board of horseracing;
     (q) executive director of the Montana wheat and barley committee;
     (r) commissioner of banking and financial institutions; and
     (s) training coordinator for county attorneys.
     (2) Employees of an entity of the legislative branch, other than the office of consumer counsel, are exempt from the application of 2-18-1011 through 2-18-1013. With respect to entities of the legislative branch, other than the office of consumer counsel:
     (a) as used in parts 1 through 3 of this chapter, references to the "department of administration" or "department" apply to the legislative council established by 5-11-101, which may delegate administrative duties to the legislative services division established by 5-11-111;
     (b) as used in 2-18-102, the term "governor" applies to the legislature; and
     (c) as used in 2-18-204, the term "budget director" applies to the "approving authority" as defined in 17-7-102.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 440, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 256, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 391, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 488, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 565, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 59-904; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 365, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 412, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 512, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 176, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 161, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 581, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 316, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 660, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 262, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 447, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 507, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 395, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 630, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 455, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 545, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 546, L. 1995.