(15 ILCS 410/5c) (from Ch. 15, par. 408)
    Sec. 5c. Partial exemptions. The following positions in the Office of the Comptroller are exempt from jurisdictions A, B and C to the extent stated for each unless these jurisdictions are extended as provided in this Act:
    (1) The Merit Commission, upon written recommendation of the Director, shall exempt from jurisdiction B other positions which, in the judgment of the Commission, are by their nature highly confidential or involve principal administrative responsibility for the determination of policy or principal administrative responsibility for the way in which policies are carried out, except in those positions paid from federal funds if such exemption is inconsistent with federal requirements.
    (2) The personal secretaries and chief deputy to persons exempted under paragraph (3) of Section 5b of this Act are exempt from jurisdiction B, unless such exemption is inconsistent with federal requirements in those positions paid from federal funds.
(Source: P.A. 80-1397.)