Cal. Gov. Code § 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.