PHOENIX (AP) - An incoming state legislator has resigned from her position on the Paradise Valley Town Council to avoid violating the Arizona Constitution.
Maria Syms on Saturday submitted her letter of resignation to Paradise Valley Mayor Michael Collins, saying she hopes to serve the town well as a State Representative. Syms is set to be sworn in to the state Legislature Jan. 9.
The state constitution bars lawmakers from holding other state, county or municipal offices. Syms wrote in her resignation letter that she believed that because town council members are unpaid, they are exempt from that constitutional provision. However, she says she resigned so as to avoid any questions of the legality of her position.
Syms is an attorney who used to work in the Attorney General’s Office.
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