Rep. Karen May

Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for elections to recall State executive branch officers except for the Governor, members of the General Assembly, and elected salaried officers of units of local government. Provides for successor elections to fill the vacant term of a recalled officer or member. Provides for petitions to be filed with the State Board of Elections and sets requirements for petitions. Provides for the State Board of Elections to proclaim the election and set the date. Provides for objections to petitions. Provides that the recall provisions are self-executing and judicially enforceable. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Congratulates the members of Hadassah on the occasion of the organization's 100th anniversary.

Honors the Myra Rubenstein Weis Health Resource Center on the occasion of the annual benefit luncheon.

Designates the week of March 25 - March 31, 2012 as Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Week in the State of Illinois.

Amends the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act. Authorizes school districts and the owners and operators of day care centers to electronically notify parents and guardians when pesticides are applied on the grounds of day care centers and schools. Requires each park district: (i) to maintain a registry of persons who have registered to receive written notification before a fertilizer, pesticide, or plant protectant is applied to park district property other than a golf course and (ii) to provide written notification to persons on that registry before applying a fertilizer, pesticide, or plant protectant on that property.

Honors Richard Lee Kraines for his long and distinguished career in medicine.

Congratulates Nancy Rodkin Rotering on the occasion of her 50th birthday.

Congratulates James Quinn on the occasion of his retirement as Fire Chief of the Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District after 21 years of dedicated service.

Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the North Shore Sanitary District Act. Provides that trustees of a sanitary district elected in 2012 or thereafter shall assume office on the second Wednesday in December following the general election. Authorizes the board of trustees of a sanitary district to enter into an agreement to sell, convey, or disburse treated wastewater with any public or private entity located within or outside of the boundaries of the sanitary district. Provides that no claim for compensation shall be made or action for damages filed against a sanitary district on account of any damage to property occurring on or after January 1, 2012, unless notice in writing is filed with the secretary of the sanitary district's board of trustees within 6 months after the occurrence of the damage setting forth specified information. In provisions concerning tributary sewer systems, provides that a municipality or county shall not issue any occupancy permit for a building or facility until the building or facility receives from the sanitary district the authorization to connect to the sanitary sewer. Makes other changes. Preempts the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately.