(1) Officers elected by popular vote and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices.
(2) Members of boards and commissions who serve on a part-time basis and who, if compensated, receive compensation on a per diem basis.
(3) Judges, referees, receivers, jurors and notaries public.
(4) Officers and employees of the Legislative Assembly.
(5) Persons employed in a professional or scientific capacity to make or conduct a temporary and special inquiry, investigation or examination on behalf of the Legislative Assembly or a committee thereof, or by authority of the Governor.
(6) Any other position designated by law as exempt. [1955 c.738 §2; 1969 c.80 §48; 1969 c.199 §17; 1975 c.427 §1; 1983 c.763 §29]