The traffic tribunal established by this chapter shall have custody of all records, books, and papers of the administrative adjudication court heretofore existing. All proceedings and processes pending in the administrative adjudication court heretofore existing and shall continue with the same force and effect in the traffic tribunal herein established; and all rights and liabilities of the parties to such actions and proceedings and processes commenced prior to July 1, 1999, including costs of appeal, shall continue in full force and effect.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-8.2-18