Ala. Code § 40-6A-7: Manner of Payment of Fees, Etc., Due Prior to Conversion from Fee to Salary Basis.

Any fees, commissions, allowances, or other compensation due to officials who are converted from a fee basis to a salary basis hereunder, which have been fully earned but remain unpaid on May 4, 1982, shall be paid to such officials in the same manner as such fees, commissions, allowances, or other compensation was paid to them prior to May 4, 1982.