4A:4-3.5 Consolidation of eligible lists
(a) The Commissioner may consolidate successive eligible lists for a given title which 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.