To theme a panels layout you simply copy a .tpl.php file from modules/panels/plugin/layouts/[tempate_name]/panels-[template-name].tpl.php
to your theme directory (or any subdirectory of your theme directory.
Note that the CSS file is not overridable the same way.
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