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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
DECLARATION OF TRUST
The undersigned, a majority of the Trustees of Nuveen Flagship Multistate Trust
I, a Massachusetts business trust, (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that in
accordance with Article XIII, Section 4 of the Declaration of Trust of the
Trust, the Board of Trustees of the Trust, by unanimous vote duly adopted
resolutions on November 4, 1999 amending the Declaration of Trust of the Trust
effective as of the 28th day of September, 2000, as follows:
Article I, Section 1 of the Declaration of Trust is hereby amended to read
in its entirety:
Section 1. Name. This Trust shall be known as the "Nuveen Multistate
Trust I," and the Trustees shall conduct the business of the Trust
under that name or any other name as they may from time to time
determine.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of
the Trust, have executed this instrument as of this 15th day of September, 2000.
/s/ Robert P. Bremner /s/ Lawrence H. Brown
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Robert P. Bremner, Lawrence H. Brown,
as Trustee as Trustee
333 West Wacker Drive 333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606 Chicago, Illinois 60606
/s/ Anne E. Impellizzeri /s/ Peter R. Sawers
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Anne E. Impellizzeri, Peter R. Sawers,
as Trustee as Trustee
333 West Wacker Drive 333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606 Chicago, Illinois 60606
/s/ William J. Schneider /s/ Timothy R. Schwertfeger
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William J. Schneider, Timothy R. Schwertfeger
as Trustee as Trustee
333 West Wacker Drive 333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606 Chicago, Illinois 60606
/s/ Judith M. Stockdale
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Judith M. Stockdale,
as Trustee
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF COOK )
Then personally appeared the above-named persons who are known to me to be
Trustees of the Trust whose names and signatures are affixed to the foregoing
instrument and who acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed, before
me this 15th day of September, 2000.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois -----------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
