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“No individual or no company in Florida is treated this way,” DeSantis said. Yet DeSantis downplayed those concerns Friday, claiming that Disney will “pay more taxes” as a result of the bill. In taking up the legislation, state Republicans contended that Reedy Creek gave Disney too much authority to self-govern, frequently citing the company’s ability to construct its own nuclear plant on the site as an example.ĭemocrats raised alarms about the unknowns behind the proposal, including some $1 billion in company debt and questions over who would assume control of services like fire departments and water, which could be left up to four municipalities. The districts will have a year to transfer the powers they hold to the municipalities they serve, but the special districts can also return to the Legislature to re-establish their special status. The more high-profile proposal signed by DeSantis, FL SB 4-C, calls for eliminating six special districts in Florida, including the Reedy Creek Improvement District that has since the 1960s granted Disney privileges like the ability to build its own structures without seeking approval from a local planning commission and collect taxes and issue bonds. “You’re a corporation based in Burbank, California, and you’re going to martial your economic might to attack the parents of my state? We view that as a provocation, and we’re going to fight back against that,” DeSantis said during an event at a Hialeah Gardens charter school. He specifically took aim at Disney pushing to repeal the law.