Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to employees of a governmental entity that exercises any of the executive powers of the state under the direction of the governor or lieutenant governor.
(b) This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) The legislative department of state government.
(2) The judicial department of state government.
(3) The following state elected officers and their personal staffs:
(A) The governor.
(B) The lieutenant governor.
(C) The secretary of state.
(D) The treasurer of state.
(E) The state comptroller.
(F) The attorney general.
(4) A body corporate and politic of the state created by state statute.
(5) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13).
(6) An inmate who is working in a state penal, charitable, correctional, or benevolent institution.
(7) The state police department.
(c) This subsection does not apply to a political subdivision, the ports of Indiana (established by IC 8-10-1-3), or the northern Indiana commuter transportation district (established under IC 8-5-15). The chief executive officer of a governmental entity that is exempt from this chapter under subsection (b) may elect to have this chapter apply to all or a part of the entity's employees by submitting a written notice of the election to the director.