Eliminate Weigh Station Penalties for Smaller Trucks

Date: January 18, 2019

2018 Michigan Victories

What may seem like minor issues are big issues to the small business owner that runs afoul of an unnecessary and outdated regulation, law, or rule. The governor signed an NFIB supported bill that would change bypassing or failing to stop at a weigh station from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction. More importantly, the bill (now Public Act 651) would also remove “commercial vehicle with other vehicles or trailers in combination” (in other words a pickup truck pulling a small trailer) from the requirement to stop at a weigh station.

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