Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed (pdf) a bill that gives a new state-appointed board the power to void an agreement that Walt Disney Co. had signed to maintain control over developments in the special tax district where Walt Disney World is located.
The bill, SB 1604 (pdf) lets the Central Tourism Oversight District Board cancel deals signed up to three months before the board was created.
“Make no mistake about it, the reason why the legislature had to act was not because of anything we did,” DeSantis said at a news conference Friday. “It was basically born out of Disney’s arrogance that they would be able to subcontract around the duly enacted laws of the state of Florida. That’s wrong.”…