Wall-Muncy TMCCP Election Law Seminar Scholarship Award
Scholarship Committee will consider all applications, deliberate on the factors of eligibility, and designate the scholarship awards for all of one calendar year. The actual presentation of the awards will occur at the Annual TMCA Awards Banquet, held in conjunction with the TMCCP Advanced Institute. Scholarship winners will be notified that they have received a scholarship.
The deadline for annual scholarship applications is June 15.
The recipient(s) will be notified by the end of August and attendance at the TMCA Annual Awards event confirmed.
Purpose
The scholarship program is intended to assist awardee with registration fees and travel expenses for a TMCCP Election Law seminar held within two years of award.
Scholarship Administration
The Chair of the Scholarship Committee must receive all scholarship applications by June 15 of each year.
The TMCA, Inc., treasurer disburses scholarship funds to the recipient(s) on a cost-reimbursement basis not to exceed the amount(s) awarded.
The recipient must submit the Request for Reimbursement Form along with a copy of receipt(s) to receive payment for reimbursable expenses.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants shall be current paid members of TMCA, Inc., and shall have been paid members of TMCA, Inc., for two consecutive years previous to application for the scholarship. Applicants must be actively pursuing certification or recertification in the Texas Municipal Clerks Certification Program. Applicants must have already earned the TRMC to be eligible to use the funds for a college degree.
Selection Criteria
- Applicants must meet all of the eligibility requirements.
- Scholarships will be awarded based on a combination of the applicant’s years of municipal service, membership in TMCA, Inc., and progress in the Texas Municipal Clerks Certification/Recertification Program.
- Preference will be given to applicants who have not received a previous award within the last three years.
- Preference will be given to 1) city secretaries or municipal clerks; 2) assistant or deputy city secretaries or municipal clerks; and 3) other TMCA, Inc., members.
- Members of the current scholarship committee are not eligible to apply for a TMCA Major Scholarship
History
The Wall-Muncy Scholarship was started in 2023 by McCall, Parkhurst & Horton to assist Texas Municipal Clerks in receiving Election Law training. This Scholarship was named in honor of the two original authors of the Texas Municipal Clerks Election Law Manual.
Mary K. Wall, attorney, authored the first and second editions of the Election Law Manual, published in 1972 and 1988, with the annual supplements. Ms. Wall served as an assistant attorney general assigned to the election desk in the Texas Attorney General's Office from 1951 to 1967. From 1967 to 1970, she served as the first Director of the Elections Division in the Texas Secretary of State's Office; from that time through 1977, she was employed by the Texas Legislative Council, where she drafted the legislative bills that pertained to elections. Mary Wall later assisted in preparing the first draft of the revised Texas Election Code, which was submitted to the Texas Legislature in 1981. She retired in 1981 but continued to provide her expertise in writing the updates for this manual until 1990.
Analeslie Muncy wrote a supplement for the manual in 1996 and then authored the third, fourth, and fifth editions in 1997, 2007, and 2016. She was a past president of the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers; a past president of the Texas City Attorneys Association; and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Texas Municipal League. Analeslie Muncy worked in the Dallas City Attorney’s office from 1969 to 1991 and served as Dallas City Attorney from 1982 to 1991. In private practice, she served as city attorney to the Cities of Benbrook, River Oaks, and Haslet. She served as Director of Human Resources at the City of Burleson from 2000 until 2005.
