(a) On or before February 1 of each year, the preparer of tax books of each county shall make out and deliver the tax books of his or her county to the county collector with the preparer of tax books' warrant attached, under his or her hand and the seal of his or her office, authorizing the county collector to collect the taxes.
(b) The county collector shall give a receipt for the tax books, in which the amount of the different taxes shall be separately stated, and the county clerk shall file the receipt in the records of the county.