Section 2050-X. Preference for actions or proceedings against agency

Any
  action or proceeding to which the agency or the people of the state  may
  be  parties,  in  which  any  question arises as to the validity of this
  title, shall be preferred over all  other  civil  causes  of  action  or
  cases,  except  election causes of action or cases, in all courts of the
  state and shall be heard and determined in preference to all other civil
  business  pending  therein,  except  election  cases,  irrespective   of
  position  on  the  calendar.  The  same preference shall be granted upon
  application of the agency or its counsel in  any  action  or  proceeding
  questioning  the  validity  of  this  title  in  which the agency may be
  allowed to intervene. The venue of any such action or  proceeding  shall
  be laid in the supreme court of the county.