There is hereby created, as a section of the state library, and under the direction of the state librarian, a state publications clearinghouse for libraries, hereinafter referred to as "the clearinghouse". The clearinghouse shall promote the establishment of an orderly depository library system and shall maintain a complete and permanent collection of state publications. To this end, the secretary of state, with the assistance of the state librarian and the director of the state publications clearinghouse , shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 29-7-3