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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 Annuity Separate
Account (File No. 333-19189)
Gentlemen:
On behalf of the above-referenced registrant, and in lieu of filing a
prospectus pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, I hereby certify pursuant to Rule 497(j) that the form of prospectus
and statement of additional information 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
