(a) The Secretary of State may prescribe the form or electronic format of and furnish on request, forms or specifications for formats for:(1) an application for a certificate of existence;(2) a foreign corporation's application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State;(3) a foreign corporation's application for a certificate of withdrawal; and(b) The Secretary of State may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this title but their use is not mandatory.Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. 1/1/1997; amended 2009, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. 4/15/2010.