Exhibit
9
April,
2000
MML Bay State Life
Insurance Company
1295 State
Street
Springfield, MA
01111
Re: Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to
Registration Statement
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No. 33-76920 filed
on Form N-4
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Ladies and
Gentlemen:
This opinion is
furnished in connection with the filing of Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to
Registration Statement No. 33-76920 on Form N-4 under the Securities Act of
1933 for MML Bay State Life Insurance Company’s (“MML Bay
State”) flexible premium variable annuity contract (the
“Contract”). MML Bay State Variable Annuity Separate Account 1
issues the Contract.
As an attorney for
MML Bay State, I provide legal advice to MML Bay State in connection with
the operation of its variable products. In such role I am familiar with the
Post-Effective Amendment for the Contract. In so acting, I have made such
examination of the law and examined such records and documents as in my
judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable me to render the opinion
expressed below. I am of the following opinion:
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1. MML
Bay State is a valid and subsisting corporation, operated under the laws
of the state of Connecticut and is subject to regulation by the
Connecticut Commissioner of Insurance.
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2. MML
Bay State Variable Annuity Separate Account 1 is a separate account
validly maintained by MML Bay State in accordance with Connecticut
law.
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3. All
of the prescribed corporate procedures for the issuance of the Contract
have been followed, and all applicable state laws have been complied
with.
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I hereby consent to
the use of this opinion as an exhibit to this Post-Effective
Amendment.
