(805 ILCS 215/1303)
    Sec. 1303. Powers of the Secretary of State and rulemaking.
    (a) The Secretary of State shall have the power and authority reasonably necessary to administer this Act efficiently and to perform the duties herein imposed. The Secretary of State's function under this Act is to be a central depository for the certificates of limited partnership and certificates of admission required by this Act and to record the assumed names used by limited partnerships and foreign limited partnerships.
    (b) The Secretary of State shall have the power and authority to promulgate rules, in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, necessary to administer this Act efficiently and to perform the duties therein imposed.
(Source: P.A. 95-368, eff. 8-23-07.)