Ala. Code § 41-10-39

Applications for carryforward allocations may be submitted to the authority on or after December 1 of each calendar year. The authority shall grant such carryforward allocations in its sole discretion, giving due regard to the likelihood of the use of the remaining state ceiling prior to December 31 of such year, and shall use its best efforts to assure that any remaining and unallocated state ceiling is used to satisfy applications for carryforward allocations.