(a) The department shall file and maintain in a department office:
(1) all insurance companies' acts or articles of incorporation; and
(2) any other paper required by law to be filed with the department.
(b) The department shall provide a certified copy of a document described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) to a party interested in the document who:
(1) submits an application; and
(2) pays the fee prescribed by law.