(a) All certificates issued by the Secretary of State in accordance with this article and all copies of documents filed in his office in accordance with this article, when certified by him, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima-facie evidence of the facts stated therein. A certificate by the Secretary of State under the seal of his office as to the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to electric membership corporations or foreign electric cooperatives shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima-facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts stated therein.

(b) The Secretary of State, at any time, upon the request of any person, shall make and certify additional copies of any document filed with his office and of the certificate, if any, issued by the Secretary of State in connection with the filing of the document, under this article, upon payment to him of the fee provided for in Code Section 46-3-502.