1. Name and address of issuer:
Pioneer Tax-Free State Series Trust
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109-1820
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Pioneer California Double Tax-Free Fund
Pioneer New York Triple Tax-Free Fund
Pioneer Massachusetts Double Tax-Free Fund
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-7336
Securities Act File Number: 33-54306
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: September 30, 1995
5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close
of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declar-
ation.
6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
applicable (see Instruction A.6):
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.
Shares:646,896 Aggregate sale price: $6,770,158
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year
in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:
Shares:646,896 Aggregate sale price: $6,770,158
11 Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal year
in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
Instruction B.7):Included in item 9.
12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during $6,770,158
the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2
(from Item 10):
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection
with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11,
if applicable): + $0
(iii)Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchas-
ed during the fiscal year (if applicable): - $4,183,708
(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
(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued $2,586,450
during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2
[line (i), plus line (ii), less line (iii) plus
line (iv)] (if applicable):
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or
regulation (see Instruction C.6): x.0002
(vii)Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by
line (vi)]: $517.29
Instruction: Issuers should complete line (ii), (iii), and (v) only if the
form is being filed within 60 days after the close of the issuer's
fiscal year: See Instruction C.3.
13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox depository
as described in section 3a of the Commission' Rules of Informal and Other
Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a). [X]
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's lock-
box depository: November 16, 1995
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)
/s/Robert P. Nault
Assistant Secretary
Date: November 16, 1995
November 15, 1995
Pioneer Tax-Free State Series Trust
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice
Gentlemen:
Pioneer Tax-Free State Series Trust (the "Fund") is a Massachusetts business
trust organized under a written Declaration of Trust dated November 6, 1992, and
executed and delivered on such date in Boston, Massachusetts, as amended on
December 1, 1992 (as so amended, the "Declaration of Trust"). The beneficial
interests thereunder are represented by transferable shares of beneficial
interest, $.01 par value.
The Trustees of the Fund have the powers set forth in the Declaration of Trust,
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions therein provided. Pursuant to
Article V, Section 5.1 of the Declaration of Trust, the number of shares of
beneficial interest authorized to be issued under the Declaration of Trust is
unlimited and the Trustees are authorized to divide the shares into one or more
series of shares as they deem necessary or desirable. Pursuant to Article V,
Section 5.4 of the Declaration of Trust, the Trustees may issue shares of any
series for such amount and type of consideration, including cash or property,
and on such terms as they may deem advisable without action or approval of the
shareholders.
By vote adopted on November 6, 1992, the Trustees of the Trust authorized the
President, any Vice President, the Secretary and the Treasurer from time to time
to determine the appropriate number of shares to be registered, to register with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to issue and sell to the public,
such shares.
We understand that, pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), the Fund has registered an indefinite number
of shares of beneficial interest under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act").
We understand that you are about to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 24f-2 (the "Rule 24f-2 Notice") making
definite the registration of 646,896 shares of beneficial interest of the Fund
(the "Shares") sold in reliance upon said Rule 24f-2 during the fiscal year
ended September 30, 1995.
We have examined the Declaration of Trust, the By-laws, resolutions of the
Fund's Board of Trustees, a certificate of the Assistant Secretary of the Fund
to the effect that the Fund or its agent received the consideration for the
Shares in accordance with the terms of the Declaration of Trust, and such other
documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this
opinion, including, but not limited to, originals, or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, Fund records and
other instruments. In our examination of the above documents, we have assumed
the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted
to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the
originals of such latter documents and the legal competence of each individual
executing any documents.
Further, we express no opinion as to compliance with any state or federal
securities laws, including the securities laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. For purposes of this opinion letter, we have not made an
independent review of the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and express no opinion with respect to the laws of
any jurisdiction other than the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Our opinion below, as it relates to the nonassessability of the shares of the
Fund, is qualified to the extent that under Massachusetts law, shareholders of a
Massachusetts business trust, such as the Fund, may be held personally liable
for the obligations of such trust. In this regard, however, please be advised
that the Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or
obligations of the Fund and requires that notice of such disclaimer be given in
each note, bond, contract, certificate or undertaking made or issued by or on
behalf of the Fund. Also, the Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification
out of Fund property for all loss and expense of any shareholder held personally
liable solely by reason of his being or having been a shareholder of the Fund;
provided, however, that no Fund property may be used to indemnify any
shareholder of any series of the Fund other than Fund property allocated or
belonging to that series.
We are of the opinion that all necessary Fund action precedent to the issuance
of the Shares has been duly taken, and that the Shares were legally and validly
issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable by the Fund, subject to compliance
with the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the applicable state laws regulating the
sale of securities.
We consent to your filing this opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission together with the Rule 24f-2 Notice referred to above. Except as
provided in this paragraph, this opinion may not be relied upon by, or filed
with, any other party or used for any other purpose.
Very truly yours,
/s/Hale and Dorr
HALE AND DORR
