File Nos. 33-1857 and 811-4503
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933[ X ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. _______ [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 [ X ]
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
OF 1940 [ X ]
Amendment No. 14 [ X ]
TAX-FREE TRUST OF ARIZONA
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
380 Madison Avenue, Suite 2300
New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(212) 697-6666
(Registrant's Telephone Number)
EDWARD M.W. HINES
Hollyer Brady Smith Troxell
Barrett Rockett Hines & Mone LLP
551 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor
New York, New York 10176
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box):
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[___] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[_X_] on (April 1, 1996) pursuant to paragraph (b)
[___] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
[___] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
[___] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
[___] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Rule 485.
[_X_] This post-effective amendment designates a new effec-
tive date for a previous post-effective amendment.
Registrant hereby declares, pursuant to Section (a)(1) of
Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, that
Registrant has registered an indefinite number of its shares
under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to that Section
and that the Rule 24f-2 Notice for Registrant's fiscal year
ended June 30, 1995 was filed in August, 1995.
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Designation of New Effective Date
for Previously filed Amendment
Post-Effective Amendment Number 11 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and 13 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) on January 12,
1996 and pursuant to that rule would become effective March
12, 1996.
The Registrant hereby designates April 1, 1996 as
the date when such amendment shall become effective.
All information contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement as previously filed through Post-
Effective Amendments Nos. 11 under the Securities Act of
1933 and 13 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are
incorporated by reference without change.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant
certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of
this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has caused this
Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of New York and State of New York, on the 8th day of March, 1996.
TAX-FREE TRUST OF ARIZONA
(Registrant)
By /s/ Lacy B. Herrmann
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Lacy B. Herrmann, President
and Chairman of the Board
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, this Registration Statement or Amendment has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/s/Lacy B. Herrmann 3/8/96
_____________________ President, Chairman of ___________
Lacy B. Herrmann the Board and Trustee
(Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/Philip E. Albrecht 3/8/96
_____________________ Trustee ___________
Phillip E. Albrecht
/s/Arthur K. Carlson 3/8/96
_____________________ Trustee ___________
Arthur K. Carlson
/s/Thomas W. Courtney 3/8/96
_____________________ Trustee ___________
Thomas W. Courtney
/s/William L. Ensign 3/8/96
_____________________ Trustee ___________
William L. Ensign
/s/Diana P. Herrmann 3/8/96
_____________________ Trustee ___________
Diana P. Herrmann
/s/John C. Lucking 3/8/96
_____________________ Trustee ___________
John C. Lucking
/s/Anne J. Mills 3/8/96
_____________________ Trustee ___________
Anne J. Mills
/s/William T. Quinsler 3/8/96
______________________ Trustee ___________
William T. Quinsler
/s/Rose F. Marotta 3/8/96
______________________ Chief Financial Officer ___________
Rose F. Marotta (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
