Gov. Ron DeSantis clears a way to revoke Disney’s special district in Florida.

In a transfer extensively seen as retaliation, Gov. Ron DeSantis requested Florida lawmakers on Tuesday to think about the “termination” of self-governing privileges that Disney World has held within the Orlando space for 55 years. He acted after Disney, the state’s largest non-public employer, paused political donations in Florida and condemned a brand new state training regulation that opponents name “Don’t Say Homosexual.”

The Florida Legislature had already been scheduled to convene this week for a particular session on congressional redistricting. On Tuesday, Mr. DeSantis, a Republican, issued a proclamation permitting the Republican-controlled physique to additionally take up payments that will remove particular tax districts that had been created earlier than 1968.

Florida has a whole lot of such districts, however virtually all had been arrange after that date — with one of many exceptions overlaying Disney World. It was put collectively in 1967 and basically permits the megaresort, which employs roughly 80,000 individuals, to operate as its personal municipal authorities.

Disney’s particular zone is known as the Reedy Creek Enchancment District and provides the corporate appreciable management over the planning and allowing course of for development on its 25,000-acre property, together with street constructing. Reedy Creek additionally levies taxes on Disney to pay for the resort’s personal hearth and medical response battalions, amongst different companies. Disney World even generates a few of its personal electrical energy by Reedy Creek.

Mr. DeSantis and Disney started to publicly spar final month after the corporate condemned the Parental Rights in Schooling regulation, which amongst many issues restricts dialogue about sexual orientation and gender id in Florida school rooms.

“Our aim as an organization is for this regulation to be repealed by the Legislature or struck down within the courts, and we stay dedicated to supporting the nationwide and state organizations working to attain that,” Disney mentioned on March 28, when Mr. DeSantis signed the laws into regulation. (Disney had initially tried to not take a facet on the measure, not less than publicly, which prompted an worker revolt.)

In response, Mr. DeSantis took intention at Disney, chiding it as “woke” and sending a fund-raising e-mail to supporters saying it had “misplaced any ethical authority to let you know what to do.” A few Florida legislators then started threatening to revoke Disney World’s particular tax district.

Disney declined to touch upon Tuesday’s improvement.