1. (a) Loan period. A cassette player, a talking book machine, and accessories may be borrowed indefinitely, without charge, by borrowers who check out a cassette or talking book through the Texas State Library at least once each year.
2. (b) Equipment availability. At any given time, a borrower may have on loan a maximum of one cassette player and one talking book machine.
3. (c) Ownership of equipment and accessories. Playback equipment, amplifiers, headphones, and remote controls distributed by the Texas State Library or the National Library Service are the property of the federal government.
4. (d) Repair of playback equipment. Only the Texas State Library is authorized to make repairs of playback equipment on loan to Texas borrowers, or to make the determination that a machine is damaged beyond repair. A machine that needs repair must be returned to the Texas State Library, which will provide a replacement machine. Under no circumstances should a borrower or any other person attempt to repair the playback equipment or accessories.
5. (e) Repair of accessories. The National Library Service loans amplifiers and remote controls. An amplifier or remote control that needs repair must be returned to the National Library Service.
6. (f) Nontransferability. Borrowers must not lend playback equipment to other persons.
7. (g) Return of equipment. Playback equipment and accessories must be returned to the lending agency if the borrower ceases to actively use the service.

Source Note:The provisions of this §9.5 adopted to be effective March 13, 1991, 16 TexReg 1361.