Parts 1 through 3 and 10 do not apply to the following officers and employees in state government:
(1) elected officials;
(2) county assessors and their chief deputies;
(3) employees of the office of consumer counsel;
(4) judges and employees of the judicial branch;
(5) members of boards and commissions appointed by the governor, the legislature, or other elected state officials;
(6) officers or members of the militia;
(7) agency heads appointed by the governor;
(8) academic and professional administrative personnel with individual contracts under the authority of the board of regents of higher education;
(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;
(10) investment officer, assistant investment officer, executive director, and eight professional staff positions of the board of investments;
(11) four professional staff positions under the board of oil and gas conservation;
(12) director of the Montana state lottery and assistant director for security of the Montana state lottery;
(13) executive director and employees of the state compensation insurance fund;
(14) state racing stewards employed by the executive secretary of the Montana board of horseracing;
(15) executive director of the Montana wheat and barley committee;
(16) commissioner of banking and financial institutions;
(17) training coordinator for county attorneys;
(18) employees of an entity of the legislative branch consolidated, as provided in 5-2-504;
(19) chief information officer in the department of administration;
(20) chief economic development officer and six professional staff positions in the office of economic development provided for in 2-15-218; and
(21) the director of the office of state public defender provided for in 2-15-1029.