Ala. Code § 45-2-82.43

The Baldwin County Commission, by the adoption of a resolution, may grant each court reporter of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit a county salary supplement in an amount not to exceed 42 percent of the salary paid each court reporter by the state. The supplement shall be paid in equal installments from the county treasury at the same time and in the same manner that the salaries of county employees are paid. The county supplement shall be the total compensation paid to a court reporter by the county. The county supplement shall be in addition to any compensation provided by general law.