Until recently the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA) contained a provision that associations could not prohibit homeowners from replacing flammable roofing with nonflammable roofing. This provision gave associations the authority to specify what materials could be used to replace the flammable roofing, as long as the specified materials did not cost more than it would to replace the flammable roofing with the same flammable roofing. However, SB 89, which was signed into law this past May, amended the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA) and took out the cost restriction on association specified roofing materials. CCIOA now contains a provision that simply prohibits associations from requiring the use of cedar shakes or other flammable roofing materials. Other than banning associations from requiring flammable roofing materials, CCIOA does not place any further restrictions on what types of materials associations may require homeowners to use. 

Community Essentials - September 2006