The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday escalated its battle against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by suing the Republican lawmaker in federal court over the elimination of its special tax district.

The Mouse House accused DeSantis, his five-member board that oversees the now-defunct Reedy Creek Improvement District and other state officials of launching “a targeted campaign of government retaliation” against the company, according to lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Florida.

The lawsuit was filed minutes after the oversight board struck down last-minute agreements made between Disney and the board that oversees the 25,000-acre resort complex in Orlando.

The board of supervisors which runs the newly christened Central Florida Tourism Oversight District operates as a self-governing authority over issues like taxation and maintenance of public works in and around the Disney theme parks.

Just a day before the February vote, RCID struck a deal which essentially gave Disney the authority to oversee zoning and development in the district for the next three decades.

DeSantis blasted Disney for the move and vowed to nullify it.

Last week, the five-member board handpicked by DeSantis vowed to undo the “sweetheart” development deal.

“Regardless of your politics, nobody should favor outdated legislation that elevates a corporation above the public good,” Martin Garcia, the chairman of Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, said.

“In seeking to improve the functioning of the district, nothing is off the table for us.”

Garcia also claimed that the new board had “wanted to work with Disney, but Disney decided they didn’t want to work with us. It was Disney’s way or the highway.” 

The Post has sought comment from Disney.

Florida legislators are also mulling a transportation bill that would mandate state oversight of the monorail system that serves visitors to Walt Disney World, WFLA-TV reported.

An amendment to the proposed law would require the Department of Transportation to oversee the monorail and other fixed-guideway transportation systems “located within an independent special district created by local act which have boundaries within two contiguous counties.”

The bill, which does not mention Disney or its monorail, would also give the state power to shut down the systems “to ensure safety and welfare of inspectors and the traveling public.”

DeSantis has signaled that he supports the measure.

“They exempted the monorail from any safety standards or inspections so they’re gonna go and make sure that the monorail is subject to oversight just like everything else would be in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said last week.

DeSantis, who is said to be weighing a run for the GOP nomination for president in 2024, has been feuding with Disney over the company’s opposition to the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law that banned the teaching of sex and gender-based education to most elementary school students.

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,005 US adults finds that nearly half of Republican respondents — 44% — held a more positive view of the Florida governor over his stance toward Disney.

Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, recently hit out at DeSantis, calling his actions toward the company “anti-business” and “anti-Florida.”

Iger recently said in an interview with Time, that he’d be willing to discuss the situation.

“If the governor of Florida wants to meet with me to discuss all of this, of course, I would be glad to do that,” Iger said.

“You know, I’m one that typically has respected our elected officials and the responsibility that they have, and there would be no reason why I wouldn’t do that.”

Shares of Disney were down by some 0.1% as of 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.