Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 297 § 297.765 — Policies and procedures for local government waste hotline; confidentiality;

Policies and procedures for local government waste hotline; confidentiality; required reporting. (1) If a local government body or local service district chooses to establish a local government waste hotline under ORS 297.760, the local government body or local service district shall establish written policies and procedures for logging all reports of waste, inefficiency or abuse received through the hotline or received through any other method. (2) Except as provided in subsection (5) or (6) of this section, the identity of any person calling the hotline or otherwise making a report under ORS 297.760 is confidential. A person making a report under ORS 297.760 may waive the confidentiality otherwise granted under this subsection. (3) The local government body or local service district shall conduct an initial investigation of each report of waste, inefficiency or abuse made under ORS 297.760, following the written policies and procedures established under subsection (1) of this section. The local government body or local service district may audit any agency of the local government body or local service district if it appears that officers or employees of the agency, or persons under contract with the agency, are engaging in activities that constitute waste, inefficiency or abuse. (4) An investigation of a report of waste, inefficiency or abuse received under ORS