Florida lawmakers have approved a bill that makes changes to Disney's Reedy Creek special governing district, replacing its board of supervisors and giving it a new name.
that makes changes to Disney's Reedy Creek special governing district, including replacing its board of supervisors and giving it a new name.The new legislation, which overrides an earlier proposal to, will keep the region's key operational procedures intact. One of those procedures concerns the district's ability to raise taxes and issue bonds to build and maintain infrastructure serving the Walt Disney World Resort.
The biggest change: DeSantis will now be able to appoint the district's five board members, subject to state Senate approval. Previously, Disney had de facto control of the board as the district's largest landowner.. The governor's actions were motivated in part by the media and entertainment giant expressing objections to DeSantis’ bill to restrict teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity to students in the state from kindergarten to third grade.
DeSantis' administration has called the new legislation necessary, saying in a statement that the district had historically"gifted extraordinary special privileges to a single corporation."
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