Proposed amendments to Bar rules governing how IOTA trust accounts’ proceeds can be used to help low-income Floridians will be taken up by the Supreme Court.

The court in recent days created a rules case for the final report and recommended amendments to Bar Rule 5-1.1 submitted by the Task Force on Distribution of IOTA Funds. On October 29, Chief Justice Charles Canady issued an administrative order extending the life of the task force, which had been set to expire at the end of the year, until June 30, 2021.

The new order directs the task force to: “(1) file a response to any comments filed with the Court on the proposed rule amendments; (2) participate in oral argument, which may be scheduled in In re: Amendments to Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 5-1.1(g), Case No. SC20-1543; and (3) take whatever other action the Chief Justice may direct.”