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LAW OFFICES
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
1345 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107-3496
TELEPHONE: (215) 988-2700
FAX: (215) 988-2757
August 3, 1998
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc.
File Nos. 2-93068/811-4101
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc. (the "Company") and
pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"), I hereby certify that the:
a) Prospectus for the Short-Term Tax-Exempt Securities, Intermediate-Term
Tax-Exempt, Long-Term Tax-Exempt, New York Intermediate-Term Tax-
Exempt and California Tax-Exempt Income Funds dated August 1, 1998;
b) Prospectus for the Tax-Exempt Money and New York Tax-Exempt Money Funds
dated August 1, 1998;
c) Statement of Additional Information for the Short-Term Tax-Exempt
Securities, Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt and Long-Term Tax-Exempt
Funds dated August 1, 1998;
d) Statement of Additional Information for the New York Intermediate-Term
Tax-Exempt Fund dated August 1, 1998;
e) Statement of Additional Information for the California Tax-Exempt Income
Fund dated August 1, 1998;
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f) Statement of Additional Information for the Tax-Exempt Money Fund dated
August 1, 1998; and
g) Statement of Additional Information for the New York Tax-Exempt Money
Fund dated August 1, 1998
that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the 1933 Act
would not have differed from the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information contained in the Company's most recent Post-Effective Amendment to
its Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended ("PEA #25"), which was filed on July 29, 1998;
and (ii) the text of PEA #25 has been filed electronically.
Questions and comments concerning this letter may be directed to the undersigned
at (215) 988-2787.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Cori Daggett
Cori Daggett
cc: Daniel A. Moonay, Esq.
