EXHIBIT
31.1





Certification
of CEO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002





I, Lisa
Y. Roskens, certify that:





1.  I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of America First Tax Exempt
Investors, L.P.;





2.  Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;





3.  Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
for, the periods represented in this report;





4.  The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13 a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:





(a)
            Designed
      such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
      that material information relating to the registrant, including its
      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
      prepared;





(b)
            Designed
      such internal control over financial reporting, or caused internal control
      over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
      reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
      the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
      accordance with generally accepted accounting
  principles:





(c)
            Evaluated
      the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
      and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
      the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
      covered by this report based on such evaluation;
  and





(d)
            Disclosed
      in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
      financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
      fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
      materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
      reporting; and





5.  The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):





(a)  All
      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
      operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
      process, summarize and report financial information;
  and





(b)  Any fraud, whether or
not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.





Date:  May
11, 2009


/s/ Lisa Y.
Roskens


Lisa Y.
Roskens


Chief
Executive Officer


Burlington
Capital Group LLC, acting in its capacity as general partner of the General
Partner of America First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P.