R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-1-25: Priority of state tax actions.

In any action to recover the amount of any tax assessed by the tax administrator, including interest and penalties, which the tax administrator has commenced in the superior court or which has been appealed to the superior court, the action shall, on the day to which it has been assigned for trial in the superior court by motion or agreement, take precedence for trial over all other cases on the trial calendar of the superior court for the day.