KEYSTONE STATE TAX FREE FUND SERIES II
24F-2NT, 1997-01-24
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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 - Series II
                                       200 Berkeley Street
                                       Boston, MA  02116


2.       Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
                  Keystone Missouri Tax Free 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:

                     503,594
                  $4,860,517

10.      Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
         year in reliance upon registration pursuant to Rule 24f-2:

                    503,594
                 $4,860,517

11:      Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
         year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable:

                     63,419
                 $  610,269

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):          $   4,860,517
                                                          -------------

         (ii)      Aggregate price of shares
                   issued in connection with
                   dividend reinvestment plans
                   (from Item 11, if applicable):         +     610,269
                                                          -------------

        (iii)      Aggregate price of shares
                   redeemed or repurchased
                   during the fiscal year (if
                   applicable):                           -$  7,217,824
                                                          -------------

         (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 during the fiscal 
                   year in reliance on Rule 24f-2 
                   [line (i),  plus line (ii), 
                   less line (iii), plus line
                   (iv)] (if applicable):                 $           0
                                                          -------------

         (vi)      Multiplier prescribed by
                   Section 6(b) of the Secu-
                   rities Act of 1933 or other
                   applicable law or regulation           x      1/3300
                                                          -------------

         (vii)     Fee due [line (i) or line
                   (v) multiplied by line (vi)]           $           0
                                                          -------------

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



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 503,594 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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