(1) "Career service employee" is as defined in Section 67-19-3.
(2) "Executive branch elected official" means: (a) the governor; (b) the lieutenant governor; (c) the attorney general; (d) the state treasurer; or (e) the state auditor.
(a) the governor;
(b) the lieutenant governor;
(c) the attorney general;
(d) the state treasurer; or
(e) the state auditor.
(3) "Executive branch official" means an individual who: (a) is a management level employee of an executive branch elected official; and (b) is not a career service employee.
(a) is a management level employee of an executive branch elected official; and
(b) is not a career service employee.
(4) "State agency" means a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of the executive branch of state government.