Amend CSSB 1045 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 24, strike "Subsection (n-1)" and substitute "Subsections (n-1) and (n-2)".
(2) On page 2, strike lines 2 and 3, and substitute the following:
Appeals District consists of a chief justice and of five justices holding places numbered consecutively beginning with Place 2.
(n-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (n-1), the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals District consists of a chief justice and of two justices holding places numbered consecutively beginning with Place 2 for the first three years following the court's creation. This subsection expires September 1, 2027.