Ala. Code § 25-2-18
All rules and regulations and all amendments and repeals thereof by the board of appeals shall, unless otherwise prescribed by the board of appeals, take effect 30 days after the first publication thereof and after a certified copy thereof shall have been filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Every such rule and regulation adopted and every amendment and repeal thereof by the board of appeals shall be published in such manner as the board of appeals may determine. The Secretary of Labor shall deliver a copy to every person making application therefor, and he shall include the text of each such rule or regulation, and amendment or repeal thereof, in an appendix to the annual report of the Department of Labor next following the adoption, amendment, or repeal of such rule or regulation.
Ala. Code § 25-2-18 (1975)