(a) Provided the depository is able to make available an office, furniture, mail and telephone service, copying facilities, and sufficient work space for processing records, the commission may, pursuant to the Government Code, §441.153(e), station one or more staff members, who may be full or part time employees of the commission, at a depository for a period of time determined by the commission.
(b) Commission staff may not provide reference or arrangement and description services for materials to which the commission does not hold title, nor be responsible for security of such materials, nor may they represent a depository in negotiations for accessions to its holdings or in other matters.
(c) Working hours for commission staff stationed at a depository will be established by the commission. The depository must ensure commission staff access to the depository office and stack areas when needed to place new accessions in them, including after normal operating hours, by furnishing a key or providing a staff member to open the area.
(d) The depository must make a staff member available to answer the telephone and take messages when the commission staff member is away from the office.

Source Note: The provisions of this §7.5 adopted to be effective February 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 652.