99.B(a)(55)

ING EQUITY TRUST

ABOLITION OF SERIES OF SHARES

OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of ING Equity Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), acting pursuant to Article VIII, Section 8.2, of the Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated February 25, 2003, as amended, hereby abolish the ING Opportunistic LargeCap Fund, and the establishment and designation thereof, there being no shares of such series currently outstanding.

Dated: August 23, 2010

/s/ Colleen D. Baldwin	/s/ J. Michael Earley
Colleen D. Baldwin, as Trustee	J. Michael Earley, as Trustee
/s/ John V. Boyer	/s/ Patrick W. Kenny
John V. Boyer, as Trustee	Patrick W. Kenny, as Trustee
/s/ Patricia W. Chadwick	/s/ Shaun P. Mathews
Patricia W. Chadwick, as Trustee	Shaun P. Mathews, as Trustee
/s/ Robert W. Crispin	/s/ Sheryl K. Pressler
Robert W. Crispin, as Trustee	Sheryl K. Pressler, as Trustee
/s/ Peter S. Drotch	/s/ Roger B. Vincent
Peter S. Drotch, as Trustee	Roger B. Vincent, as Trustee