(1) A local government body or local service district may establish a telephone line that is available to public employees and members of the public for the purpose of reporting waste, inefficiency or abuse by the local government body or local service district, employees of the local government body or local service district, or contractors of the local government body or local service district.
(2) If a local government body or local service district chooses to establish a local government waste hotline under subsection (1) of this section:
(a) The local government body or local service district shall also accept reports of waste, inefficiency or abuse by the local government body or local service district, employees of the local government body or local service district, or contractors of the local government body or local service district by any other method; and
(b) The local government body or local service district shall prepare written or electronic notices that explain the purpose of the local government waste hotline and that prominently display the telephone number for the hotline. The notice shall be posted in local government body or local service district offices.
(3) As used in this section and ORS 297.765, “local government body” and “local service district” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 174.116.