AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF LIBERTY FUNDS TRUST VII

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2
                                     TO THE
                       AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
                                       OF
                            LIBERTY FUNDS TRUST VII

            WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article I of the Amended and Restated
Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Declaration of Trust) dated October 30,
1998, as amended, of Liberty Funds Trust VII (Trust), a copy of which is on file
in the Office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts authorizes
the Trustees of the Trust to amend the Declaration of Trust to change the name
of the Trust without authorization by vote of Shareholders of the Trust.

            WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being a majority of the Trustees of Liberty
Funds Trust VII, do hereby certify that the undersigned have determined to
conduct the business of the Trust under the name "Columbia Funds Trust VII" and
have authorized the following amendment to said Declaration of Trust:

            Section 1 of Article I is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:

                  Section 1. This Trust shall be known as "Columbia Funds Trust
            VII" and the Trustees shall conduct the business of the Trust under
            that name or any other name as they may from time to time determine.

                  The foregoing Amendment shall become effective as of October
            13, 2003.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands in
the City of Boston, Massachusetts, for themselves and their assigns, as of this
September 15, 2003.


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Commonwealth of Massachusetts       )
                                    )ss.
County of Suffolk                   )

            Then personally appeared the above-named Trustees and executed
Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
of Liberty Funds Trust VII as their free act and deed, before me, this September
15, 2003.


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                                              Notary Public

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