EXPEDITED HANDLING.

(a) The secretary of state may set and collect the following:

(1) for the expedited handling of a certified record search or expedited filing of a document in the security interest and financing statement records of the secretary, a fee in an amount the secretary of state prescribes;

(2) for the expedited filing or reviewing of a document relating to a profit or nonprofit corporation, professional corporation or association, cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, limited or general partnership, or limited liability company, a fee in an amount the secretary of state prescribes;

(3) for the expedited access or access by electronic data transmittal processes to data that is stored in state computer record banks maintained by the secretary, a fee in an amount reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of establishing and administering the system. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the secretary is authorized to maintain a system to provide expedited access by electronic data transmittal processes to all information that is stored in state computer banks maintained by the secretary and that is not classified as confidential by statute or a court decision; and

(4) for the expedited handling of a request for a certified copy or certificate of fact relating to a corporation, limited partnership, assumed name, trademark document, or other document filed for public record with the corporations section of the office of the secretary of state, a fee of not more than $10 a copy or certificate.

(b) If the secretary of state collects a fee under Subsection (a)(2), the secretary of state shall collect it in advance.

(c) The secretary of state shall deposit the fees in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.

(d) In prescribing fee amounts under Subsections (a)(1) and (2), the secretary of state may prescribe a varying fee schedule based on the type of business organization. The secretary of state shall publish on the secretary of state's Internet website the prescribed fee amounts and any varying fee schedule.