15 ILCS 510/5a: 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.