1.  Contract actions.  Actions founded on any contract made with the Chief Procurement Officer, or with any official of the department under the authority granted by the Chief Procurement Officer, on behalf of a correctional or detention facility may be brought by the official making the contract or the official's successor in office.  

2.  Actions for injuries to property.  Actions for injuries to the real or personal property of the State, used by any correctional or detention facility and under the management of an officer of the facility, may be prosecuted in the name of the officer or the officer's successor in office.