The following offices and positions in the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department shall be in the unclassified service and shall not be subject to the Merit System of Personnel Administration:

1. The Executive Director, the Deputy Director, directors of the divisions of the Department and administrative assistant of each, and not more than four positions involved in the executive management of the Department;

2. All positions in the Traveler Response Information Program;

3. All professional or managerial positions whose principal function is one of the following:

a.marketing and promotion of travel and tourism to and within the state,

b.promoting the state as a viable location for producing motion pictures and television programs and for recording music,

c.developing, producing, and on-air broadcasting of “Discover Oklahoma”, the weekly promotional television program,

d.not more than fifteen positions performing financial management functions for the Department,

e.not more than five positions performing human resources functions for the Department, and

f.not more than two positions performing information services functions for the Department;

4. Any position associated with the development and production of “Oklahoma Today” magazine; and

5. Any position in the Division of State Parks utilized in the operation and administration of state resorts, cabins, lodges, and golf courses.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 363, § 43, eff. Nov. 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 90, § 5, emerg. eff. April 24, 2006; Laws 2008, c. 112, § 4, eff. July 1, 2008.