Ala. Code § 34-3-3
Applicants for admission to the bar not required by law to take an examination shall pay a fee to be set by the Board of Commissioners, but not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500); applicants for admission who are bona fide residents of the State of Alabama who are required to be examined by the Board of Bar Examiners shall pay a fee to be determined by the Board of Commissioners not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), and applicants for admission who are not bona fide residents of the State of Alabama who are required to be examined by the Board of Bar Examiners shall pay the same fee set for residence examinees, plus an additional sum to be determined by the Board of Commissioners not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). The Board of Commissioners shall not have the authority to increase the fee provided for in this paragraph for applicants who are bona fide residents of the State of Alabama or the additional fee for applicants who are not bona fide residents of the State of Alabama by more than one hundred dollars ($100) in any one calendar year. Such fees shall be paid to the Secretary of the Board of Bar Commissioners. Twenty-five dollars ($25) of each fee generated pursuant to this section shall be distributed by the secretary to the Alabama Lawyer Assistance Foundation.
Ala. Code § 34-3-3 (1975)