ORS 240.200: Exempt service.

The exempt service shall comprise:

      (1) Officers elected by popular vote and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices.

      (2) Members of boards and commissions who serve on a part-time basis and who, if compensated, receive compensation on a per diem basis.

      (3) Judges, referees, receivers, jurors and notaries public.

      (4) Officers and employees of the Legislative Assembly.

      (5) Persons employed in a professional or scientific capacity to make or conduct a temporary and special inquiry, investigation or examination on behalf of the Legislative Assembly or a committee thereof, or by authority of the Governor.

      (6) Any other position designated by law as exempt.