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STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
ONE STATE FARM PLAZA
BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS 61710-0001
May 5, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: State Farm Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate
Account (File No. 333-19521)
Gentlemen:
On behalf of the above-referenced registrant, and in lieu of filing a
prospectus pursuant to Rule 497(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, I hereby certify pursuant to Rule 497(j) that the form of prospectus
that would have been filed would not have differed from the prospectus
contained in the registrant's most recent post-effective amendment filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999.
Please contact the undersigned at 309-766-6230 if you have any questions
about this filing.
Sincerely,
/s/ Stephen L. Horton
Stephen L. Horton
