Illinois Code § 1-4008

§ 1-4008.

Sheriff of petitioning county. The sheriff of the petitioning county shall continue after the date of the Governor's proclamation, to perform the duties of sheriff in the territory that had constituted the petitioning county before the proclamation, until his or her term of office shall expire, at which time he or she shall deliver to the sheriff of the adjoining county, without demand therefor, all books, papers, and furniture pertaining to or connected with his or her office, and also all moneys and process held by him or her as sheriff, and all property attached or levied on by him or her as sheriff. He or she shall have a right to collect all taxes collectible by him or her during his or her term of office from all property in the territory that had constituted the petitioning county before the proclamation. He or she shall receive the same compensation he or she would have received as sheriff and ex-officio collector of the petitioning county, as if the same had not been united and annexed to the adjoining county; but after the date of the Governor's proclamation all his or her acts shall be performed in the name of the sheriff of the adjoining county. After the date of the Governor's proclamation, the sheriff of the petitioning county shall become the deputy of the sheriff of the adjoining county, and the sheriff of the petitioning county may perform all the duties of sheriff, to be performed during his or her term of office in the territory that had constituted the petitioning county before the proclamation without control of the sheriff of the adjoining county, and shall be liable upon his or her bond as sheriff, and upon his or her bond as collector, for any breach of the conditions thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the petitioning county had continued to exist as a county. The compensation payable to the sheriff of the petitioning county, shall be paid by order of the county board of the adjoining county, out of taxes upon property in the territory that has constituted the petitioning county before the Governor's proclamation, and he or she shall account to the county board of the adjoining county for all fees collected by him or her: Provided, that the sheriff of the petitioning county shall forfeit all right to any compensation, if he or she is not ready and willing to perform the duties he or she may perform under this Code. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)