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BINGHAM DANA LLP
150 FEDERAL STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110-1726
January 4, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: CitiFunds(SM) Multi-State Tax Free Trust: CitiFunds(SM) California
Tax Free Reserves (File Nos. 33-44749 and 811-4596)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
CitiFunds Multi-State Tax Free Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the
"Trust"), hereby certifies that the forms of the Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed by the Trust pursuant to Rule
497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment Number 11 to the
Trust's registration statement on Form N-1A (the "Amendment") would not have
differed from those contained in the Amendment. The Amendment, which was filed
via the EDGAR system on December 28, 1998, is the most recent amendment to the
Trust's registration statement relating to the above-referenced series of the
Trust.
Please call the undersigned at (617) 951-8383 or Elizabeth A. Plewes at
(617) 951-8847, with any questions relating to this letter.
Sincerely,
Jennifer H. Hurford