{"data":{"id":"us-mt/2-18-103","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"2-18-103","heading":"Officers and employees excepted.","body":"Parts 1 through 3 and 10 do not apply to the following officers and employees in state government:\n(1) elected officials;\n(2) county assessors and their chief deputies;\n(3) employees of the office of consumer counsel;\n(4) judges and employees of the judicial branch;\n(5) members of boards and commissions appointed by the governor, the legislature, or other elected state officials;\n(6) officers or members of the militia;\n(7) agency heads appointed by the governor;\n(8) academic and professional administrative personnel with individual contracts under the authority of the board of regents of higher education;\n(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;\n(10) investment officer, assistant investment officer, executive director, and eight professional staff positions of the board of investments;\n(11) four professional staff positions under the board of oil and gas conservation;\n(12) director of the Montana state lottery and assistant director for security of the Montana state lottery;\n(13) executive director and employees of the state compensation insurance fund;\n(14) state racing stewards employed by the executive secretary of the Montana board of horseracing;\n(15) executive director of the Montana wheat and barley committee;\n(16) commissioner of banking and financial institutions;\n(17) training coordinator for county attorneys;\n(18) employees of an entity of the legislative branch consolidated, as provided in 5-2-504;\n(19) chief information officer in the department of administration;\n(20) chief economic development officer and six professional staff positions in the office of economic development provided for in 2-15-218; and\n(21) the director of the office of state public defender provided for in 2-15-1029.","path":["TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 18. STATE EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION, COMPENSATION, AND BENEFITS","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0020/chapter_0180/part_0010/section_0030/0020-0180-0010-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:18Z","sha256":"c3645005a53e204d58f2b3596c336cff1780bd6da14b569b857825af6a985554","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/2-18-102","next":"us-mt/2-18-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}