110.602  Selected Exempt Service; creation, coverage.--The Selected Exempt Service is created as a separate system of personnel administration for select exempt positions. Such positions shall include, and shall be limited to, those positions which are exempt from the Career Service System pursuant to s. 110.205(2) and (5) and for which the salaries and benefits are set by the department in accordance with the rules of the Selected Exempt Service. The department shall designate all positions included in the Selected Exempt Service as either managerial/policymaking, professional, or nonmanagerial/nonpolicymaking. In no event shall the number of positions included in the Selected Exempt Service, excluding those positions designated as professional or nonmanagerial/nonpolicymaking, exceed 1.5 percent of the total full-time equivalent positions in the career service. The department shall deny approval to establish any position within the Selected Exempt Service which would exceed the limitation established in this section. The department shall report that the limitation has been reached to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as soon as practicable after such event occurs.