Ala. Code § 12-1-21

Salaries or compensation of court personnel and any other persons paid by or by authority of the judicial department of the State of Alabama, whose salary, including any local supplement thereto, is set by statute, shall be paid in accordance with such statute, as shown in the journal of salaries and compensation prepared pursuant to Section 36-6-9. Nothing contained in this code or such journal of salaries and compensation shall be construed to amend or repeal any salary or compensation established by the State Judicial Compensation Commission, nor to amend or repeal any authority of the State Judicial Compensation Commission to establish salaries, compensation or expense allowances of any person.