The Joint Legislative Committee on Classification of Positions in the Civil Service (J.L.C. on Classification) in its 1932 report proposed New York State government's first comprehensive position classification plan.
Beginning 1932, this plan was incorporated into law on a piecemeal basis by the annual appropriation acts. The Department of Civil Service (D.C.S.) established a Classification Unit within the Examination Division to carry out the plan. The 1938 Feld-Ostertag Law (L. 1938, Chap. 498) established, under the jurisdiction of D.C.S., a Classification Board and a Classification Division. The Board consisted of three members appointed as fellows: one competitive-class employee appointed by the Civil Service Commission who was to serve as Board Chairman and Classification Division director; one appointed by the Director of the Budget; and one appointed by the Commission and serving at its pleasure. The Board headed the Division and heard appeals for Division classification decisions. The Divison absorbed the old Classification Unit and was empowered to classify all positions in the classified State service. In 1949 the Division and Board were abolished and their functions transferred to the Classification and Compensation Appeals Board and the Classification and Compensation Division.
From the description of Classification Division and Classification Board working files and minutes, 1930-1949. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 78576020
