[LOGO]
LIBERTY
COLONIAL CRABBE HUSON NEWPORT STEIN ROE ADVISOR
May 5, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Liberty Funds Trust I
Colonial Strategic Income Fund
Colonial High Yield Securities Fund
Colonial Income Fund
File Nos. 811-2214 & 2-41251
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933,
please accept this letter as certification that the Colonial Strategic Income
Fund's and Colonial Income Fund's Classes A, B, C and Z Prospectuses and
Statements of Additional Information dated May 1, 2000 and the Colonial High
Yield Securities Fund Class A, B, and C Prospectus dated May 1, 2000 do not
differ from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 (Amendment) to the
Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A. The Amendment was filed
electronically on April 27, 2000.
The Colonial Strategic Income Fund's and Colonial Income Fund's Classes A, B, C
and Z Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information dated May 1, 2000
and the Colonial High Yield Securities Fund's Class A, B, and C Prospectus dated
May 1, 2000 are now being used in connection with the sale of shares of the
Funds.
The Funds are separate portfolios of the Trust.
Very truly yours,
LIBERTY FUNDS TRUST I
By:Tracy DiRienzo
Assistant Secretary
cc: M. Muller (Ropes & Gray)
Blue Sky
J. DeMaria (PWC)
S. Richards
C. Ericson
One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111-2621,1-800-225-2365
