-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PE/+q7Q4u8gbXZsViBYr1lqKYSCscBRBBvmrOsd8fo9BL4ZylshYHtFYASPqbX+C seE5+APAN7KG/xzSLsv2ag== 0000717316-98-000016.txt : 19981214 0000717316-98-000016.hdr.sgml : 19981214 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000717316-98-000016 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 FILED AS OF DATE: 19981211 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19981211 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX FREE & MUNICIPAL FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000717316 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 946562826 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-82734 FILM NUMBER: 98767955 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-03706 FILM NUMBER: 98767956 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1665 CHARLESTON RD CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94043 BUSINESS PHONE: 8003218321 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1665 CHARLESTON RD CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94043 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BENHAM CALIFORNIA TAX FREE TRUST / DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960815 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BENHAM CALIFORNIA TAX FREE & MUNICIPAL FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BENHAM CALIFORNIA TAX FREE TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910218 485BXT 1 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-1A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X] Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ] Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 [X] and/or REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X] Amendment No. 31 [X] (Check appropriate box or boxes.) AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE AND MUNICIPAL FUNDS _________________________________________________________________ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64141-6200 _________________________________________________________________ (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (816) 531-5575 William M. Lyons, 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64141-6200 _________________________________________________________________ (Name and Address of Agent for Service) Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: January 1, 1999 It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box) [ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) [X] on January 1, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (b) [ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) [ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) [ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) [ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485. If appropriate, check the following box: [X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This filing is being made to extend the date of effectiveness of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to January 1, 1999. The Post-Effective Amendment originally requested effectiveness as of December 14, 1998. The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference: * Prospectus for the California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds dated December 14, 1998 filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) on October 16, 1998 (Accession No. 0000717316-98-000009). * Statement of Additional Information for the California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds dated December 14, 1998 filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) on October 16, 1998 (Accession No. 0000717316-98-000009). * Part C to the Registration Statement of the California Tax-Free and Municipal Funds dated December 14, 1998 filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) on October 16, 1998 (Accession No. 0000717316-98-000009). Registrant is extending effectiveness of its Registration Statement in order to incorporate comments provided to its manager by the staff of the Commission. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this 1933 Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 and 1940 Act Amendment No. 31 to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) promogulated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 27/Amendment No. 31 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kansas City, and State of Missouri, on the 11th day of December, 1998. AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE AND MUNICIPAL FUNDS By: /*/George A. Rio George A. Rio President and Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 27/Amendment No. 31 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

/s/Charles A. Etherington *by Charles A. Etherington, Attorney in Fact (pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated July 9, 1998). EX-27.4.1 2 FDS
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE AND MUNICIPAL FUNDS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRELY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH REPORT. 0000717316 AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE & MUNICIPAL FUNDS 1 BENHAM CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE MONEY MARKET FUND 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 AUG-31-1998 456,861,275 456,861,275 2,351,137 1,121,640 0 460,334,052 2,427,024 0 1,913,468 4,340,492 455,993,563 0 455,993,560 417,784,475 299,086 0 (299,089) 0 0 455,993,560 0 15,542,270 0 2,171,919 13,370,351 0 0 13,369,771 0 13,369,357 0 0 434,812,626 409,349,170 12,745,632 38,209,502 397,834 (398,251) 0 0 2,159,270 0 2,171,919 435,217,099 1.00 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.50 0 0.00

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6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE AND MUNICIPAL FUNDS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH REPORT. 0000717316 AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE & MUNICIPAL FUNDS 2 BENHAM CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 AUG-31-1998 172,403,052 172,403,052 783,271 1,795,748 0 174,982,071 0 0 2,390,449 2,390,449 172,628,461 0 172,591,622 170,519,185 122,436 0 (159,275) 0 0 172,591,622 0 6,258,285 0 854,000 5,404,285 (669) 0 5,403,616 0 5,398,614 0 0 153,582,331 156,647,128 5,174,073 2,114,278 116,795 (158,606) 0 0 845,834 0 854,000 171,283,170 1.00 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.50 0 0.00

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6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE AND MUNICIPAL FUNDS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH REPORT. 0000717316 AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE & MUNICIPAL FUNDS 3 BENHAM CALIFORNIA INTERMEDIATE TERM TAX-FREE 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 AUG-31-1998 439,449,344 463,133,282 15,078,433 397,245 0 478,608,960 14,363,084 0 3,642,037 18,005,121 405,064 433,907,523 40,506,442 38,621,249 0 8,020 2,559,294 0 23,683,938 460,603,839 0 22,679,637 0 2,277,153 20,402,484 3,919,772 5,632,637 29,954,893 0 20,402,484 5,651,243 0 13,806,443 13,662,495 1,741,245 25,164,000 0 4,338,785 0 0 2,264,194 0 2,277,153 437,512,837 11.27 0.52 0.25 0.52 0.15 0.00 11.37 0.51 0 0

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6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE AND MUNICIPAL FUNDS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH REPORT. 0000717316 AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE & MUNICIPAL FUNDS 4 BENHAM CALIFORNIA LONG-TERM TAX-FREE FUND 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 AUG-31-1998 299,379,367 324,678,249 3,906,560 500,990 0 329,088,799 2,243,761 0 1,651,382 3,895,143 277,428 297,953,010 27,742,768 26,542,552 9,033 0 1,655,303 0 25,298,882 325,193,656 0 17,485,505 0 1,610,506 15,874,999 2,963,978 8,929,558 27,768,535 0 15,874,999 5,354,293 0 8,544,372 8,606,849 1,262,693 20,523,088 0 4,054,651 0 0 1,599,824 0 1,610,506 308,905,669 11.48 0.59 0.44 0.59 0.20 0.00 11.72 0.51 0 0.00

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6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE AND MUNICIPAL FUNDS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH REPORT. 0000717316 AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE & MUNICIPAL FUNDS 5 BENHAM CALIFORNIA HIGH-YIELD MUNICIPAL FUND 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 AUG-31-1998 288,259,202 303,455,303 5,054,723 927,416 0 309,437,442 4,899,944 0 695,958 5,595,902 305,942 286,338,115 30,594,204 19,919,066 0 0 2,001,382 0 15,196,101 303,841,540 0 13,998,056 0 1,320,927 12,677,129 2,562,512 6,311,903 21,551,544 0 12,677,129 2,454,652 0 18,553,052 9,015,907 1,137,993 111,010,249 9,693,133 2,344,182 0 0 1,311,664 0 1,320,927 233,808,662 9.68 0.51 0.37 0.51 0.12 0.00 9.93 0.54 0 0.00

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6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE AND MUNICIPAL FUNDS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH REPORT. 0000717316 AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE & MUNICIPAL FUNDS 6 BENHAM CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND TAX-FREE 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 AUG-31-1998 200,844,327 217,200,278 2,887,560 3,424,965 0 223,512,803 6,237,045 0 1,766,541 8,003,586 203,258 198,268,322 20,325,822 18,241,002 0 0 681,686 0 16,355,951 215,509,217 0 10,968,312 0 1,040,256 9,928,056 1,583,804 5,870,522 17,382,382 0 9,928,056 2,921,262 0 7,856,824 6,627,802 855,798 26,364,509 0 2,019,144 0 0 1,031,569 0 1,040,256 197,726,150 10.37 0.51 0.39 0.51 0.16 0.00 10.60 0.51 0 0.00

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6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE AND MUNICIPAL FUNDS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH REPORT. 0000717316 AMERICAN CENTURY CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE & MUNICIPAL FUNDS 7 BENHAM CALIFORNIA LIMITED-TERM TAX-FREE 12-MOS AUG-31-1998 AUG-31-1998 132,960,099 135,798,378 1,784,067 119,932 0 137,702,377 4,915,798 0 2,649,992 7,565,790 124,815 127,754,052 12,481,523 12,292,606 0 0 (580,559) 0 2,838,279 130,136,587 0 5,824,726 0 664,135 5,610,591 253,098 1,302,650 6,716,339 0 5,160,591 0 0 4,214,707 4,357,987 332,197 3,505,406 4,682,931 317,683 0 0 656,701 0 664,135 126,543,906 10.30 0.42 0.13 0.42 0.00 0.00 10.43 0.52 0 0.00

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