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Law Offices of
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
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San Francisco, California 94104-2635
Telephone (415) 835-1600
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March 8, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: CNI Charter Funds
File Nos. 333-16093 and 811-7923
Sir or Madam:
On behalf of CNI Charter Funds (the "Registrant") and pursuant to Rule
497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), we
hereby certify that the Institutional Class prospectus, the Class A prospectus,
the Class S prospectus and the combined Statement of Additional Information for
the CNI Charter Prime Money Market Fund (formerly, the CNI Charter Money Market
Fund), the CNI Charter Government Money Market Fund (formerly, the CNI Charter
Government Fund) and the CNI Charter California Tax Exempt Money Fund (formerly,
the CNI Charter California Tax Exempt Fund) which would have been filed by the
Registrant pursuant to either Rule 497(c) of the Securities Act or Rule 497(e)
of the Securities Act do not differ from those versions contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form N-1A as filed electronically with the Commission on February 29, 2000.
Please direct any inquiries regarding this filing to the undersigned at
(415) 835-1632 or to Mitchell E. Nichter at (415) 835-1609.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Kelvin K. Leung
for PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP
cc: Mitchell E. Nichter, Esq.
