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Fla. Bill Would Give DeSantis Control Over Disney’s Special District

  • A new bill filed on Monday would give Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis extraordinary powers over the management of the Walt Disney Corporation’s special district.
  • Disney operates Reedy Creek Improvement District, a special autonomous area within Florida over which Disney can exercise considerable discretionary power, according to ABC News. The 189-page bill would give the governor power to appoint his own committee approved by the Florida Senate to run the district; Disney currently chooses its own committee representatives. 
  • The bill will ensure that each representative of the new committee will not have any previous relationship with Disney in the past three years and will tend to the district’s financial responsibilities, according to ABC News. The district’s name could also change to “Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.”
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