(a) The Secretary of State shall adopt and publish rules to implement this division. The filing-office rules shall be consistent with this division.
(b) To keep the filing-office rules and practices of the filing office in harmony with the rules and practices of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this chapter, and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this chapter, the Secretary of State, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this division, in adopting, amending, and repealing filing-office rules, shall do all of the following:
(1) Consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this chapter.
(2) Consult the most recent version of the Model Rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporate Administrators or any successor organization.
(3) Take into consideration the rules and practices of, and the technology used by, filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991 and Section 9701.)
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