Form 485BPOS PUTNAM ARIZONA TAX EXEMP

	As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
	October 20, 2016
	SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
	WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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	FORM N-1A
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	REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	/ X /
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	Pre-Effective Amendment No.	/   /
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	Post-Effective Amendment No. 34	/ X /
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	REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY	/ X /
	ACT OF 1940	----
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	Amendment No. 35	/ X /
	(Check appropriate box or boxes)	----
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	PUTNAM ARIZONA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	(Registration No. 33- 37992; 811-06258)
	PUTNAM NEW JERSEY TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	(Registration No. 33-32550; 811-05977)
	(Exact name of registrants as specified in charter)

 

 

 

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	REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	/ X /
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	Pre-Effective Amendment No.	/   /
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	Post-Effective Amendment No. 43	/ X /
	and	----
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	REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY	/ X /
	ACT OF 1940	----
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	Amendment No. 44	/ X /
	(Check appropriate box or boxes)	----
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	PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	Registration No. 33-5416; 811-04518
	PUTNAM MICHIGAN TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	Registration No. 33-8923; 811-04529
	PUTNAM MINNESOTA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	Registration No. 33-8916; 811-04527
	PUTNAM OHIO TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	Registration No. 33-8924; 811-04528
	(Exact name of registrants as specified in charter)

 

 

 

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	REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	/ X /
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	Pre-Effective Amendment No.	/   /
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	Post-Effective Amendment No. 36	/ X /
	and	----
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	REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY	/ X /
	ACT OF 1940	----
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	Amendment No. 37	/ X /
	(Check appropriate box or boxes)	----
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	PUTNAM PENNSYLVANIA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	(Registration No. 33-28321; 811-05802)
	(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
	One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
	(Address of principal executive offices)
	Registrants' Telephone Number, including Area Code (617) 292-1000

 

 

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	It is proposed that this filing will become effective
	(check appropriate box)
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/   /	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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/ X /	on September 30, 2016 pursuant to paragraph (b)
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/   /	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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/   /	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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/   /	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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/   /	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
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	If appropriate, check the following box:
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/   /	this post-effective amendment designates a new
----	effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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	ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President
	PUTNAM ARIZONA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	PUTNAM MICHIGAN TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	PUTNAM MINNESOTA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	PUTNAM NEW JERSEY TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	PUTNAM OHIO TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	PUTNAM PENNSYLVANIA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
	One Post Office Square
	Boston, Massachusetts 02109
	(Name and address of agent for service)
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	Copy to:
	BRYAN CHEGWIDDEN, Esquire
	ROPES & GRAY LLP
	1211 Avenue of the Americas
	New York, New York 10036
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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, each of the Registrants certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 20th day of October, 2016.

 

PUTNAM ARIZONA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND

PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND

PUTNAM MICHIGAN TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND

PUTNAM MINNESOTA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND

PUTNAM NEW JERSEY TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND

PUTNAM OHIO TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND

PUTNAM PENNSYLVANIA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND

 

By:

/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statements of Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Michigan Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Ohio Tax Exempt Income Fund and Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

 

Signature

Title

 

Jameson A. Baxter**

Chair, Board of Trustees

 

Kenneth R. Leibler**

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

 

Robert L. Reynolds**

President and Trustee

 

Jonathan S. Horwitz**

Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison

 

Steven D. Krichmar**

Vice President and Principal Financial Officer

 

Janet C. Smith**

Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer

 

Liaquat Ahamed**

Trustee

 

Ravi Akhoury**

Trustee

 

Barbara M. Baumann**

Trustee

 

Robert J. Darretta**

Trustee

 

Katinka Domotorffy**

Trustee

 

John A. Hill**

Trustee

 

Paul L. Joskow**

Trustee

 

Robert E. Patterson**

Trustee

 

George Putnam, III**

Trustee

 

W. Thomas Stephens**

Trustee

 

By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, as Attorney-in-Fact

October 20, 2016

**Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Arizona and

New Jersey funds’ Registration Statement on September 28, 2012.

** Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Massachusetts,

Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio funds’ Registration Statement on September 28, 2012.

** Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Pennsylvania

fund’s Registration Statement on September 28, 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

 

XBRL Instance Document

Ex-101.ins

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

Ex-101.sch

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase

Ex-101.lab

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

Ex-101.pre

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

Ex-101.def

 

 

 

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