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 - Series II
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Keystone California Tax Free Fund (formerly Keystone
California Tax Free Insured Fund)
Shares of beneficial interest, no par value
Class A, B and C shares
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-8254
Securities Act File Number: 33-73730
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
November 30, 1996
5. Check box if this notice is being filed 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
$ 0
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
than pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
0
$ 0
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year:
775,845
$7,461,155
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year in reliance upon registration pursuant to Rule 24f-2:
775,845
$7,461,155
11: Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable:
55,108
$ 527,147
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): $ 7,461,155
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(ii) Aggregate price of shares
issued in connection with
dividend reinvestment plans
(from Item 11, if applicable): + 527,147
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(iii) Aggregate price of shares
redeemed or repurchased
during the fiscal year (if
applicable): -$ 7,394,896
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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): $ 593,406
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(vi) Multiplier prescribed by
Section 6(b) of the Securities
Act of 1933 or other applicable
law or regulation x 1/3300
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(vii) Fee due [line (i) or line
(v) multiplied by line (vi)] $ 179.82
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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
Keystone State Tax Free Fund - Series II and in the capacities and on
the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title): /s/ Sheryl Hirschfeld
Assistant Secretary
Date: January 24, 1997
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January 24, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice for Keystone State Tax Free Fund - Series II
(the "Fund")/ Keystone California State Tax Free Fund (the "Portfolio")
File Nos. 33-73730/811-8254
Dear Sirs/Madams:
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2(b)(1) under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
I have attached one copy of the Portfolio's Form 24f-2 for the fiscal year ended
November 30, 1996. I have wired $179.82 to the Securities and Exchange
Commission's account at Mellon Bank in payment of the required filing fee for
Portfolio shares sold in reliance on Rule 24f-2 during the Fund's fiscal year
ended November 30, 1996. A copy of the required legal opinion is also attached.
Please indicate your receipt of this transmission through your
acknowledgment to the CompuServe mailbox number provided.
If you have any questions or would like further information, please
call me at (617) 210-3662.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Martin J. Wolin
Martin J. Wolin
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January 24, 1997
Keystone State Tax Free Fund - Series II
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5034
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am a Senior Vice President of and General Counsel to Keystone
Investment Management Company, investment adviser to Keystone State Tax Free
Fund - Series II (the "Fund"). You have asked for my opinion with respect to the
issuance of 775,845 additional shares of the Keystone California State Tax Free
Fund (the "Portfolio"), a portfolio 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 November
30, 1996.
To my knowledge, a Prospectus is on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 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, as amended (the "Bylaws"), 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 connect 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
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