{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-15-12-43","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 15-12-43","heading":"Compensation and Expenses.","body":"(a) The public defender shall receive a salary set by the director. The salary shall not exceed the state salary paid to a district attorney and shall be paid in the same manner as employees of the state.\n(b) All salary and expenses of a public defender shall be paid by the state out of the Fair Trial Tax Fund or other funds appropriated by the Legislature for such purposes; except, that in counties authorized to impose a court cost for defender services, the county shall fund defender services from the revenues from the court cost, and the state shall pay a reasonable share of the cost of maintaining such office, such reasonable share to be determined by the director.","path":["Title 15 Criminal Procedure.","Chapter 12 Defense of Indigents.","Article 3 Public Defenders."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=15-12-43","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"a8f0b541b8b6c65b592276a181fbc7c69515ac5df4ce99592542e2d4482cf2dc","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-15-12-42","next":"us-al/ala.-code-15-12-44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}