(a) Whenever any county collector dies after he or she has received the tax books for any year and before he or she has collected the taxes charged therein, his or her legal representative shall hand at once to his or her successor, as soon as he or she is appointed and qualified, the tax books and pay at once all moneys, less his or her commission, which have been collected by the deceased county collector from all sources then in his or her hands.
(b)
(1) The new county collector shall execute receipts in triplicate, to be attested by the county clerk, for the tax books so delivered and showing the amount already collected upon them and the amount uncollected.
(2)
(A) The new county collector shall also execute receipts in triplicate for the amount of taxes collected by the deceased county collector from all sources and paid over to him or her by the executor or administrator, one (1) of which shall be certified by the county clerk to the Auditor of State, who shall charge the new county collector with the balance of the state taxes due on the tax book and the amount paid over to him or her by the executor or administrator of the deceased county collector.
(B) Another receipt shall be filed with the county clerk, who shall charge the new county collector with the balance of taxes due on the tax books and with the amount paid over by the executor or administrator.
(c) The third receipt shall be given to the executor or administrator of the deceased county collector.
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