Ala. Code § 11-43-11: Employment of Municipal Officers by Corporations Holding Franchises as to Use of Streets.

No officer of any municipality shall, during his term of office, be an officer nor be employed in a managerial capacity, professionally or otherwise, by any corporation holding or operating a franchise granted by the city or the state involving the use of the streets of the municipality. This section shall not apply to or affect any attorney or physician employed by the municipality, and any municipality incorporated or organized under any general, special, or local law of the State of Alabama may employ an attorney or physician or attorneys or physicians employed by a public utility.