There shall be a fish and wildlife conservation commission, composed of seven members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the Ssenate for staggered terms of five years. The role of the commission is to be entrusted with the responsibility to protect and preserve wild animal life, freshwater animal life, and marine animal life on behalf of the public and to leave a bequest of biodiversity for future generations.

1. The commission shall exercise the regulatory and executive powers of the state with respect to wild animal life and fresh water aquatic life, and shall also exercise regulatory and executive powers of the state with respect to marine life, except that all license fees for taking wild animal life, fresh water aquatic life, and marine life and penalties for violating regulations of the commission shall be prescribed by general law.
2. The commission shall establish procedures to ensure adequate due process in the exercise of its regulatory and executive functions. The legislature may enact laws in aid of the commission, not inconsistent with this section, except that there shall be no special law or general law of local application pertaining to hunting or fishing except that for the health, safety, and welfare or their citizens, local governments may implement temporary, partial, or complete bans on hunting within a portion or all of their respected districts.
3. The commission's exercise of executive powers in the area of planning, budgeting, personnel management, and purchasing shall be as provided by law. Revenue derived from license fees for the taking of wild animal life and fresh water aquatic life shall be appropriated to the commission by the legislature into a general fund. for the purposes of cmanagement, protection, and conservation of wild animal life and fresh water aquatic life. Revenue derived from license fees relating to marine life shall be appropriated by the legislature for the purposes of management, protection, and conservation of marine life as provided by law.
4. The commission shall not be a unit of any other state agency and shall have its own staff, which includes management, research, and enforcement. Unless provided by general law, the commission shall have no authority to regulate matters relating to air and water pollution. However, the commission will have the responsibility to coordinate with any agency regulating air and water when pollution directly effects wild animal life and biodiversity and freshwater aquatic life and biodiversity. The commission may also intervene in matters affecting development, habitat modifications, and climate change in regard to wild animal life and biodiversity and freshwater aquatic life and biodiversity..
5. The commission, in conjunction with Florida Forestry Services and federal agencies, will establish biodiversity ratings throughout the state in an effort to prioritize land acquisition and target areas of most concern for enhancement projects. These prioritized ratings will be publicly published as updated.
6. Genetic diversity will be monitored with a percentage rating for each species which will be publicly published as data becomes available.
7. The commission will be entrusted with the protection of trophic level diversity to include upper echelon predators.
8. The commission will consider habitat as a homogeneous environment consisting of not only wildlife but plants, natural resources, environment, natural features, and anthropogenic activity.
9. The commission will be charged with ensuring genetically engineered animals or plants do not enter into natural ecosystems where they can pose a risk to native species.
10. The commission is entrusted with the responsibility under the public trust doctrine. While custodial management of the commission is the responsibility of the seven commissioners the citizens will have the right to demand a public vote in the event of highly controversial matters. The commission will establish a system in which a public request for a vote can be made by any Florida citizen and without cost to the citizen.
11. The commission, or any third party acting on behalf of the commission, may not grant any favors, solicit bribes, or offer any reward for participation in any activity or survey, except that a reward may be offered for information relating to any illegal activity. Furthermore, the agency will ensure research is free of bias by requiring independent reviews by researchers that are not affiliated with or financially connected to the commission nor shall they be affiliated with any other state wildlife agency.
12. For the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens the commission will notify U.S. Forestry Services and other agencies of any risks to the public that could potentially be of concern to human life. The commission will have the responsibility to efficiently notify the public in the affected areas of those risks which include but are not limited to dislocated wildlife.
13. The commission will maintain updated reports on state target goals for pollution reduction efforts that would benefit fish, wildlife, and ecosystems. These goals would include but are not limited to chemical contaminants, agricultural waste, and plastic waste. Such reports would be used to help shape future policies at federal, state, local, and industrial levels.