CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective Amendments, as numbered below ("Registration Statements"), to the registration statements on Form N-1A, with file numbers as noted below, of our reports, as dated below, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights appearing in the May 31, 2007 Annual Reports of 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, which are also incorporated by reference into the Registration Statements:

Fund	File #	Date of Report	Post-Effective
			Amendment
Massachusetts	33-05416	July  11,  2007	28
Michigan	33-08923	July  10,  2007	28
Minnesota	33-08916	July  16,  2007	28
New Jersey	33-32550	July  12,  2007	19
Ohio	33-08924	July  11,  2007	28
Pennsylvania	33-28321	July  16,  2007	21

We also consent to the references to us under the headings "Financial highlights" and "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Financial Statements" in such Registration Statements.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 

Boston, Massachusetts
September 24, 2007