15 ILCS 410/5b

The following positions in the Office of the Comptroller shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B and C, unless such jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this Act; (1) The Comptroller and Deputy Comptrollers. (2) The personal secretaries and administrative assistants to the Comptroller and Deputy Comptrollers. (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 Comptroller. (4) 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.