(15 ILCS 310/5b) (from Ch. 124, par. 105b)

Sec. 5b. General exemptions. The following positions in the Office of the Secretary of State shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B and C, unless such jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this Act;

(1) The Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State and the Assistant Secretary of State.

(2) The personal secretaries and administrative assistants to the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State and the Assistant Secretary of State.

(3) Persons exercising substantial executive or administrative functions who have, as their primary responsibility, the operation of an organizational entity in the Office of the Secretary of State.

(Source: P.A. 80-13.)