EXHIBIT 3.1
CHAPMAN AND CUTLER
111 WEST MONROE STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60603
November 16, 2000
Van Kampen Funds Inc.
One Parkview Plaza
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181
Re: Van Kampen Focus Portfolios Insured Income Trust, Series 76
Gentlemen:
We have served as counsel for Van Kampen Funds Inc. as Sponsor and
Depositor of Van Kampen Focus Portfolios Insured Income Trust, Series 76 (the
"Fund"), in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of a Trust
Agreement dated November 16, 2000 between Van Kampen Funds Inc., as Depositor,
American Portfolio Evaluation Services, a division of Van Kampen Investment
Advisory Corp., as Evaluator, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, pursuant to
which the Depositor has delivered to and deposited the Bonds listed in Schedule
A to the Trust Agreement with the Trustee and pursuant to which the Trustee has
issued to or on the order of the Depositor a certificate or certificates
representing Units of fractional undivided interest in and ownership of the Fund
created under said Trust Agreement.
In connection therewith we have examined such pertinent records and
documents and matters of law as we have deemed necessary in order to enable us
to express the opinions hereinafter set forth.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement and the
execution and issuance of certificates evidencing the Units of the
Fund have been duly authorized; and
2. The certificates evidencing the Units of the Fund when duly
executed and delivered by the Depositor and the Trustee in accordance
with the aforementioned Trust Agreement, will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Fund and the Depositor in accordance with
the terms thereof.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement (File No. 333-49542) relating to the Units referred to
above and to the use of our name and to the reference to our firm in said
Registration Statement and in the related Prospectus.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAPMAN AND CUTLER
MJK/md
