Do it yourselfers are hamstrung?

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Originally posted by Rob Tucker

While on other topics the issue of constitutional rights have come up.... this requirement by Hawaii to only use licensed trades smacks of unconstitutional to me. I'd donate to a fund to challenge the law to the Hawaii Supreme Court. Need a willing plaintiff and some money.

I see this law as making an assumption of incompetence by the state. We are assumed to be competent to defend ourselves in a court of law on a murder charge but aren't allowed to glue two pieces of ABS together or wire an outlet. I think the local and state governments have the right to tell us if we are doing the work right or wrong (building inspections) but not to tell us we can't do it ourselves.

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Rob has it right folks.