Texas Administrative Code
Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 1 - TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION
Chapter 2 - ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES
Subchapter A - PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES OF THE COMMISSION
Section 2.52 - Patron Registration and Customer Service

(1) Any person 17 years of age or older wishing to access materials in the State Archives or access certain library services, including, but not limited to, borrowing items from the agency's circulating collections, interlibrary loan, and remote access to TexShare databases, must register with the agency in person each year by presenting a current government-issued photo identification, signing a registration agreement, and providing their name, home address, telephone number, and e-mail address, if applicable or required for specific services.

(2) Patrons of the State Archives must also comply with § 10.2 of this title (relating to Public Access to Archival State Records and Other Historical Resources).

(3) Only individuals are eligible for patron registration. Entities of any type or groups of individuals are not eligible for patron registration.

(1) The loan period for circulating items borrowed by patrons is four weeks. Loans may be renewed once for one four-week period if the item has not been reserved by another patron. Overdue materials may be renewed if they are less than 4 weeks overdue.

(2) The loan period for materials loaned to other libraries through the interlibrary loan program is eight weeks.

(3) There is no limit on the number of circulating items a patron may borrow except for reels of microfilm, which are limited to a maximum of five reels of microfilm at one time.

(1) Patrons are responsible for items checked out in their name until they are returned to the circulation desk of the collection from which they were borrowed. Items must be returned in person at the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building, 1201 Brazos, Austin, Texas 78701-1938.

(2) There is no fine for overdue items.

(3) The agency will assess patrons for the cost of replacement of lost items. Replacement cost is based on the current price of the item.

(4) The agency will send a patron an invoice for the replacement cost of an item when it is six weeks overdue.

(1) The agency may permanently suspend a patron's borrowing privileges if the patron fails to return materials within eight weeks of the due date more than two times.

(2) The agency may suspend all services to a patron for six months if the patron smokes (including tobacco, vaping, or e-cigarettes) in an agency facility or brings any type of food, gum, candy, throat lozenges, or liquid into an agency reading or reference room.

(3) The agency may permanently suspend all services to a patron if the patron exhibits behavior the agency considers threatening, harassing, or obscene toward agency staff or other patrons or if a patron steals, damages, or destroys any item in the State Archives or any other property of the agency.

(4) Any individual who has been suspended under this subsection may appeal the decision by filing a protest with the director and librarian in compliance with § 2.55 of this title (relating to Protest Procedure).