Section 1. Section 78A-5-103 is amended to read:78A-5-103. District court case management -- Establishment of a division of the district court.(1)As used in this section, "debt collection or housing action" means a civil action in the district court:(a)for forcible entry and detainer as described in Title 78B, Chapter 6, Part 8, Forcible Entry and Detainer; or(b)that is eligible to be filed as a debt collection case on or after January 1, 2027.(1)(2)The district court of each district shall develop systems of case management.(2)(3)The case management systems developed by a district court shall:(a)ensure judicial accountability for the just and timely disposition of cases; and(b)provide for each judge a full judicial work load that accommodates differences in the subject matter or complexity of cases assigned to different judges.(3)(4)(a)A district courtThe Judicial Council may establish divisions within the district court for the efficient management of different types of cases., including a division to manage any debt collection or housing action. (b)Upon establishing a division under Subsection (4)(a), the Judicial Council shall allocate sufficient resources from appropriations made by the Legislature for the division, including the appointment or hiring of commissioners or judicial assistants to staff the division.(c)The existence of divisions within the court may not:(a)(i)affect the jurisdiction of the court nor the validity of court orders; or(b)(ii)impede public access to the courts.(5)(a)Notwithstanding the venue requirements in Title 78B, Chapter 3a, Venue for Civil Actions, for a debt collection or housing action, the district court shall transfer any debt collection or housing action to the division established under Subsection (4) for centralized pretrial case processing.(b)The division may transfer a debt collection or housing action to a venue for which a district court determines is proper under Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 42, if:(i)the debt collection or housing action is set for trial; or(ii)the debt collection or housing action requires an evidentiary hearing that is not an evidentiary hearing under Title 78B, Chapter 6, Part 8, Forcible Entry and Detainer.