Alabama Code 34-3-3. Admission fee paid by applicants
Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-3-3
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
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.