California Code, Government Code - GOV § 19054

Except as provided in Section 19054.1, the order of preference in certifying eligibles shall be:  subdivisional reemployment list, departmental reemployment list, general reemployment list, subdivisional promotional list, departmental promotional list, multidepartmental promotional list, servicewide promotional list, departmental eligible list, and eligible list.  The preferred limited-term list, in accordance with board rule, may be given preference over the departmental eligible list, and the eligible list when making limited-term appointments.