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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2
1. Name and address of issuer: Keystone State Tax Free Fund
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Keystone Texas Tax Free Fund
Shares of beneficial interest, without par value
Classes A, B and C
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-6181
Securities Act File Number: 33-37131
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
March 31, 1996
5. Check box if this notice is being filed for more than 180 days after
the close of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting
securities sold after the close of the fiscal year, but before
termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declaration:
Not Applicable
6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under Rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
applicable:
Not Applicable
7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to
Rule 24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the
beginning of the fiscal year:
-0-
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year
other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
-0-
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year:
216,097
$ 2,229,822
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year in reliance upon registration pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
216,097
$ 2,229,822
11: Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable:
12,520
$ 129,441
12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of
securities sold during
the fiscal year in reliance
on Rule 24f-2 (from Item 10): $ 2,229,822
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(ii) Aggregate price of shares
issued in connection with
dividend reinvestment plans
(from Item 11, if applicable): + $ 129,441
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(iii) Aggregate price of shares
redeemed or repurchased
during the fiscal year
(if applicable): - $ 1,301,936
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(iv) Aggregate price of shares
redeemed or repurchased and
previously applied as a
reduction to filing fees
pursuant to Rule 24e-2
(if applicable): + -0-
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(v) Net aggregate price of
securities sold and issued
during the fiscal year in
reliance on Rule 24f-2
[line (i), plus line (ii),
less line (iii), plus line
(iv)] (if applicable): $ 1,057,381
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(vi) Multiplier prescribed by
Section 6(b) of the Securities
Act of 1933 or other applicable
law or regulation x 1/2900
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(vii) Fee due [line (i) or line
(v) multiplied by line (vi)] $365
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13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox
depository as described in Section 3a of the Commission's Rules of
Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
Not applicable
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's
lockbox depository:
Not applicable
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SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of
the issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
BY (Signature and Title): /s/ James M. Wall
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Assistant Secretary
DATE: May 28, 1996
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May 28, 1996
Keystone Texas Tax Free Fund
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5034
RE: Notice Pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940
(the "1940 Act")
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am a Senior Vice President of and General Counsel to Keystone
Investment Management Company, investment adviser to Keystone Texas Tax Free
Fund (the "Fund"). You have asked for my opinion with respect to the issuance of
216,097 additional shares of the Fund under the Fund's Declaration of Trust, as
amended (the "Declaration of Trust"), and pursuant to the Fund's indefinite
registration of such shares under Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act. The Fund is
filing its Form 24f-2 to which this opinion is appended to make the issuance of
such shares definite in number for its fiscal year ended March 31, 1996.
To my knowledge, a Prospectus is on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Fund's
Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering
the public offering and sale of the Fund's shares for the period during which
such shares were issued.
In my opinion, such shares, if issued and sold in accordance with the
Fund's Declaration of Trust; By-Laws, and offering Prospectus, were legally
issued, fully paid, and nonassessable by the Fund, entitling the holders thereof
to the rights set forth in the Declaration Trust and By-Laws and subject to the
limitations stated therein.
My opinion is based upon my examination of the Declaration of Trust, a
review of the minutes of the Fund's Board of Trustees, signed by the Secretary
of the Fund, authorizing the registration of shares pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under
the 1940 Act and the issuance of such additional shares; and the Fund's
Prospectus. In my examination of such documents, I have assumed the genuineness
of all signatures and the conformity of copies to originals.
I hereby consent to the use of this opinion in connection with the
Fund's Form 24f-2 making definite the number of such additional shares issued.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Rosemary D. Van Antwerp
Rosemary D. Van Antwerp
Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
