Venue for civil action -- No trial de novo

(1) (a) A person may bring a civil action seeking to challenge, enforce, or otherwise have reviewed, any order of the board, or any alleviation contract. (2) Notwithstanding Title 78B, Chapter 3a, Venue for Civil Actions, if a person brings an action described in Subsection (1)(a) in the district court, the person shall bring the action in: (a) the county in which the candidate, to which the order or contract pertains, is located; or (b) Salt Lake County if the candidate is the state of Utah. (3) Any action brought in any judicial district shall be ordered transferred to the court where venue is proper under this section. (4) In any civil action seeking to challenge, enforce, or otherwise review, any order of the board, a trial de novo may not be held. (5) The matter shall be considered on the record compiled before the board, and the findings of fact made by the board may not be set aside by the court unless the board clearly abused its discretion.