Amend CSSB 1717 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately number SECTION to ARTICLE 1 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:

SECTION 1.____.  (a)  Sections 22.201(b), (j), and (o), Government Code, are amended to read as follows:

(b)  The First Court of Appeals District is composed of the counties of Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, [Galveston,] Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington.

(j)  The Ninth Court of Appeals District is composed of the counties of Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, and Tyler.

(o)  The Fourteenth Court of Appeals District is composed of the counties of Austin, Brazoria, [Chambers,] Colorado, Fort Bend, [Galveston,] Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington.

(b)  Section 22.201, Government Code, as amended by this section, does not affect the jurisdiction on appeal of any case from a county that is transferred by this section to a different court of appeals district if the transcripts for the case were filed before September 1, 2011, in the appropriate court of appeals district.