Ala. Code § 36-6-8
The salary or compensation of elected constitutional officers and other state officers and employees or persons whose state salary or compensation, or portion thereof, is not established pursuant to the Merit System or pursuant to Section 36-6-6 shall continue at the same rate or in the same amount as that established pursuant to law prior to the effective date of this code until changed by statute. It is the intent of the Legislature that the adoption of this code shall not repeal or amend any statute relating to the salary or compensation of any state officer or employee or any person receiving a portion of his salary or compensation from the state, whether such statute fixes the amount of salary or compensation in a specific amount or by a minimum or maximum amount, provides for additional compensation for the performance of specified services or duties or provides for increases in ranges or percentages; nor in any way change the amount or rate of compensation of any such officer, employee or person, notwithstanding the fact that the salary or compensation of such officer, employee or person is not set out in this code; nor in any way repeal or amend any salary or compensation established by the state Judicial Compensation Commission, or the authority of such commission to set salaries or compensation.
Ala. Code § 36-6-8 (1975)