What do you get when you mix a political tinderbox, an untouchable media corporation, and a governor determined to make a point? A Virtual Legality Episode.

Join us as we discuss just what Florida's Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) actually does for Disney and Walt Disney World, how its dissolution might (or might not) effect things, and why the nature of the legislation propose means things are very, very likely to go into litigation.

The House of Mouse and the Sunshine State have gone to war...in Virtual Legality.

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#Disney #Florida #RCID

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction/ The Reedy Creek Improvement District

09:49 A War of Rhetoric

14:38 Florida's Bill

29:52 Constitutional Concerns

43:04 Conclusion

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Discussed in this episode:

REEDY CREEK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ACT (AND SUMMARIES)

https://www.rcid.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RCID-Charter.pdf

https://allears.net/walt-disney-world-chronicles-the-story-of-the-reedy-creek-improvement-district/

WAR OF RHETORIC

https://twitter.com/WaltDisneyCo/status/1508494672817123330

https://www.newsweek.com/disney-crossed-line-dont-say--repeal-claim-desantis-says-1693006

https://twitter.com/SpencerRoachFL/status/1509119958369902595

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/03/31/florida-gov-desantis-discusses-potential-of-repeal-of-disneys-reedy-creek-act/

https://allears.net/2022/04/19/news-florida-governor-adds-removal-of-disney-worlds-self-governance-to-special-session/

THE LEGISLATURE ACTS

https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-senate-approves-stripping-disney-self-government-power/39776410

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/florida-house-passes-bill-dissolve-disneys-special-self-governing-stat-rcna25337

THE BILL AND ITS EFFECTS

https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_s0004Cer.DOCX&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0004C&Session=2022C

https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/statutes/2015/189.072

https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2015/189.076

https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h0003Cb.SAC.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=0003C&Session=2022C

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/laborland/os-bz-tourism-industry-disney-taxes-20191218-hc622hqsxzgdjikyfbgxx3fw7y-story.html

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/end-reedy-creek-disney-wont-pay-more-taxes-you-will/3TK6ASNJT5EXHICW3DQ3ZHEZYA/

1983 AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1983

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/first_amendment

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-205.ZO.htmlhttps://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/518/668/#tab-opinion-1959933

https://casetext.com/case/revels-v-vincenz#p876

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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