The purpose of this chapter is to provide substantive rules implementing the Ethics in Public Service Act (chapter 42.52 RCW). The substantive rules in this chapter are intended to apply to all state employees of the judicial branch of state government, including "judges" as defined in the Commission On Judicial Conduct Rules of Procedure (CJCRP).

(1) The term "measurable expenditure" as used in RCW 42.52.180 (2)(b) shall mean an expenditure or consumption of public resources having more than a de minimis cost and value.

(2) As used herein, the term "de minimis cost and value" shall refer to a cost and/or value of the actual use of public resources that is sufficiently small to be reasonably disregarded as negligible or trifling.