093_SB0434 LRB093 07974 MKM 08170 b 1 AN ACT concerning sheriffs. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing 5 Section 3-6001 as follows: 6 (55 ILCS 5/3-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6001) 7 Sec. 3-6001. Commission. Every sheriff shall be 8 commissioned by the Governor; but no commission shall issue 9 except upon the certificate of the county clerk of the proper 10 county, of the due election or appointment of thesuch11 sheriff, and that he or she has filed his or her bond and 12 taken the oath of office, as hereinafter provided. 13 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)