Rule 14.3. Action on Petition; Composition of the Special Three-Judge District Court

(1) (a) If a petition establishes the applicability of this rule, the Chief Justice will grant the petition, order the creation of a special three-judge district court, and appoint three persons to serve on the court. (b) The special three-judge district court will be composed of: the district judge of the judicial district to which the original case was assigned;

(2) one district judge of a judicial district other than a judicial district in the same county as the judicial district to which the original case was assigned; and

(3) one justice of a court of appeals who serves a court of appeals district:

(A) different from the district in which the original case was assigned; and

(B) different from the district in which the district judge appointed under (b)(2) sits. (c) The Chief Justice will designate the presiding judge of the special three-judge district court. (d) A judge or justice appointed under (b)(2) or (3) must have been elected to that office and may not be serving an appointed term of office.