Ala. Code § 45-31-120.11
Lists of names of persons available for appointment to a vacancy in a position in the classified service shall be selected for certification as provided in Section 45-31-120.12 in the order in which they appear from among the laid off persons on the reemployment list, promotional eligible list, original appointment eligible list, and reemployment list composed of former employees for the vacancy, which lists shall have priority one over the other in the order named. A former employee with probationary status with respect to the vacancy, with the approval of the appointing authority, may have his or her name placed at such position on the promotional eligible list as the appointing authority may designate. Policies and procedures for administering eligible lists and covering the duration, cancellation, replacement, and consolidation of such lists, and the removal or suspension of names therefrom shall be provided in the personnel rules.
Ala. Code § 45-31-120.11 (1975)