Rep. John Cabello

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning extended statutes of limitations.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2016 and concluding in taxable year 2021, the county clerk shall reduce the property taxes levied by each taxing district to a level that is not greater than that taxing district's levy in the previous taxable year. Provides that the county clerk may increase or decrease the portion of a total tax levy paid by any individual taxpayer, provided that the increase or decrease in the individual taxpayer's tax bill is based solely on a change in the equalized assessed value of the taxpayer's property. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an individual is not disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits by reason of being entitled to disability benefits related to the person's military service when the military service disability is determined to be greater than 20%. Effective immediately.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Requires a party seeking to impeach a witness with the witness's illegal immigration status to first attempt to obtain a stipulation regarding the witness's immigration status from the party offering the witness. If a stipulation is agreed to and signed, a party may not question the witness regarding his or her illegal immigration status. Requires the stipulation to be presented to the trier-of-fact immediately after the testimony of the witness. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits criminal street gang recruitment when he or she recruits, solicits, or induces another person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang. Provides that the penalty is a Class 4 felony. Provides that if the person recruited, solicited, or induced is a minor, the offense is a Class 3 felony. Defines "criminal street gang". Effective immediately.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that an information shall state whether the document is filed based upon personal knowledge, or upon information and belief.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Adds the county where the victim resides as an allowable venue for trials of the offenses of online sale of stolen property, online theft by deception, or electronic fencing.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that as a condition of parole or mandatory supervised release, a person placed on parole or mandatory supervised release must reside within the county where the subject resided immediately prior to his or her commitment to the Department of Corrections. Provides that upon release of a person on parole or mandatory supervised release, the Department of Corrections shall release the person only to an address located in the county where the subject resided immediately prior to his or her commitment to the Department.

Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Reinstates the graphic arts machinery and equipment exemption and the corresponding Manufacturer's Purchase Credit on and after January 1, 2017. Provides that those credits are exempt from the Acts' automatic sunset provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Herptiles-Herps Act, the Fish and Aquatic Life Code, and the Wildlife Code. Provides that no employee of the Department of Natural Resources shall search any home or its curtilage without a valid warrant, permission, or probable cause that the home or its curtilage contains evidence of a violation of the Acts. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.