Opinion ID: 6498151
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Heading: The commissioner may consider the

Text: following factors in determining whether specific acts, contributions, or expenditures are de minimis and therefore do not trigger registration, reporting, attribution, or disclosure requirements, or warrant enforcement as a campaign practices violation:
expenditure has an ascertainable fair market value, and if so the amount of that value;
provision of services, whether the act results in either a detriment to the provider of the services, such as an out- of-pocket expense or the preclusion of other activities; 36 BUTCHER V. KNUDSEN
expenditure at issue is a single, one-time event or occurrence or multiple events or occurrences;
campaign practices violation deprives the public of disclosure;
similarly showing limited value or minimal harm. Mont. Admin. R. 44.11.603(1). The Rule provides a non-exclusive list of contributions that may be de minimis: