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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.5 Consolidation of eligible lists

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.5, Consolidation of eligible lists. The Chairperson or designee may consolidate successive eligible lists for a given title that result from successive open competitive or promotional examinat Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 1 citing decision.

Selection and Appointment · Eligible Lists

Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

When two successive examinations for the same title produce two lists, the Chairperson or designee may merge them by one or more of three methods: placing the first name on the later list after the last name on the prior list, supplementing an incomplete list with an eligible list for an appropriate title, or combining names of eligibles by scores. Which method is used decides where you land relative to everybody from the other examination, so the merge itself moves people. Consolidation buys nobody extra time. The part of the merged list that was promulgated first still ends on its own expiration date.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.5. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) The Chairperson or designee may consolidate successive eligible lists for a given title that result from successive open competitive or promotional examinations by one or more of the following methods: #

1. Placing the first name on the later list after the last name of the prior list; #

2. Supplementing an incomplete list with an eligible list for an appropriate title; or #

3. Combining of names of eligibles by scores. #

(b) When eligible lists are consolidated, the part of the eligible list which was promulgated first shall not continue beyond its expiration date. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.

  1. AmendedR.2017 d.142
    49 N.J.R. 492(a); 49 N.J.R. 2239(a)

How this rule has been applied

1 decision has cited N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.5. The list below is citations to those decisions, not the decisions. We have not written summaries for this section. A citation with no summary is deliberate: we do not paraphrase a decision we have not read. Nothing here is legal advice.

Civil Service Commission final determinations (1)
  • In re Computer Serv. Technician (C0562M), Middlesex Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2013-22992013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 854Docket 2013-2299

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