Section 9--526. Filing-office Rules.
    (a) Adoption  of  filing-office  rules.  The  secretary of state shall
  adopt and publish rules to implement  this  article.  The  filing-office
  rules must be consistent with this article.
    (b) Harmonization  of  rules.  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
  part, 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 part, the secretary of  state,  so  far  as  is
  consistent  with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this article,
  in adopting, amending, and repealing filing-office rules, shall:
         (1) consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact
             substantially this part; and
         (2) consult  the  most  recent  version  of   the   Model   Rules
             promulgated  by  the  International  Association of Corporate
             Administrators or any successor organization; and
         (3) take into consideration the rules and practices of,  and  the
             technology  used  by,  filing  offices in other jurisdictions
             that enact substantially this part.