1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 2
  3. CHAPTER 18
  4. Part 1
  5. 2-18-104 Exemption for personal staff -- limit

Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 18. STATE EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION, COMPENSATION, AND BENEFITS

Part 1. General Provisions

Exemption For Personal Staff -- Limit

2-18-104. Exemption for personal staff -- limit. (1) Subject to the limitations in subsections (2) and (3), members of a personal staff are exempt from parts 1 through 3 and 10.

(2) The personal staff who are exempted by subsection (1) may not exceed 10 unless otherwise approved by the department according to criteria developed by the department. Under no circumstances may the total exemptions of each elected official exceed 15.

(3) The number of members of the personal staff of the public service commission who are exempted by subsection (1) may not exceed 6.

(4) The number of members of the personal staff of the leadership of the legislature who are exempted by subsection (1) may not exceed:

(a) one personal staff for the speaker of the house of representatives;

(b) one personal staff for the minority leader of the house of representatives;

(c) one personal staff for the president of the senate;

(d) one personal staff for the minority leader of the senate; and

(e) one personal staff that serves at the pleasure of the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate for the purposes provided in 5-5-110. (Subsection (4)(e) terminates June 1, 2023--sec. 6, Ch. 523, L. 2021.)

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 440, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 488, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 59-903(part (3)); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 512, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 538, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 661, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 660, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 339, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 523, L. 2021.