Section 18901 Of Article 1. General From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The department may remove all names from open and
promotional eligible lists after they have remained thereon for more
than one year from the date of the adoption of the lists that created
their eligibility, and shall remove all names from lists of
eligibles not later than four years after the adoption of the lists
that created their eligibility.
Whenever an open or a promotional eligible list has fewer than
three names of persons who are willing to accept employment, all
names on the list may be removed even though one year has not elapsed
from the date of the adoption of the list.
(b) When a list of eligibles becomes exhausted for temporary or
permanent employment before the legal expiration of the list, and a
new list of eligibles for the same class is created by examination to
supply the demands of the service, such new list shall become a part
of the list of eligibles to be certified to the positions covered by
the list. Those holding places on the prior list shall be given
preference for appointment until such time as the prior list may
automatically expire or all names are removed therefrom by action of
the department. When the prior list has expired by reason of
limitation of time, or the names have been removed therefrom by order
of the department, then certification shall be made solely from the
latter list.
(c) The department or a designated appointing power shall include
in the announcement of any examination that the list of eligibles
secured thereby will expire not less than one but less than four
years after the adoption of such list.
(d) The department or a designated appointing power may make
changes in its records to correct clerical errors both before and
after the announcement of an eligible list; provided, that any
changes of rank, or addition or subtraction of names, made on lists
of eligibles because of clerical errors or reratings, shall not
change the date of the adoption of such lists, nor give to any
persons the right to claim beginning date of eligibility other than
the date of the adoption of the original eligible list that created
their eligibility.