R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-6-6: Filing and publication of rules and regulations.

Upon the approval of the supreme court, all rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to § 8-6-5 shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall be effective upon filing unless with respect to any such rule or regulation the presiding justice of the superior court shall specify a later date as the effective date thereof, in which case the rule or regulation shall be effective upon the date so specified. With each publication of the public laws as required by § 43-2-7, the secretary of state shall include all such rules and regulations adopted since the last prior publication thereof.