diff --git a/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 5695e125..ccd945e3 100644
--- a/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: JDeodorant Plug-in
 Bundle-SymbolicName: gr.uom.java.jdeodorant; singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 5.0.73
+Bundle-Version: 5.0.74
 Bundle-Activator: gr.uom.java.jdeodorant.refactoring.Activator
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.ui,
diff --git a/src/gr/uom/java/jdeodorant/refactoring/manipulators/ReplaceTypeCodeWithStateStrategy.java b/src/gr/uom/java/jdeodorant/refactoring/manipulators/ReplaceTypeCodeWithStateStrategy.java
index 6aa41b7e..039b1a83 100644
--- a/src/gr/uom/java/jdeodorant/refactoring/manipulators/ReplaceTypeCodeWithStateStrategy.java
+++ b/src/gr/uom/java/jdeodorant/refactoring/manipulators/ReplaceTypeCodeWithStateStrategy.java
@@ -2300,6 +2300,50 @@ else if(switchCaseExpression instanceof FieldAccess) {
 							}
 						}
 					}
+					else if(statement instanceof VariableDeclarationStatement) {
+						VariableDeclarationStatement variableDeclarationStatement = (VariableDeclarationStatement)statement;
+						List<VariableDeclarationFragment> fragments = variableDeclarationStatement.fragments();
+						for(VariableDeclarationFragment fragment : fragments) {
+							Expression intializerExpression = fragment.getInitializer();
+							SimpleName accessedVariable = null;
+							if(intializerExpression instanceof SimpleName) {
+								accessedVariable = (SimpleName)intializerExpression;
+							}
+							else if(intializerExpression instanceof FieldAccess) {
+								FieldAccess fieldAccess = (FieldAccess)intializerExpression;
+								accessedVariable = fieldAccess.getName();
+							}
+							if(accessedVariable != null) {
+								IBinding initializerExpressionBinding = accessedVariable.resolveBinding();
+								if(initializerExpressionBinding != null && initializerExpressionBinding.getKind() == IBinding.VARIABLE) {
+									IVariableBinding accessedVariableBinding = (IVariableBinding)initializerExpressionBinding;
+									if(accessedVariableBinding.isField() && typeCheckElimination.getTypeField().resolveBinding().isEqualTo(accessedVariableBinding)) {
+										if(modify && !nodeExistsInsideTypeCheckCodeFragment(intializerExpression)) {
+											ASTRewrite sourceRewriter = ASTRewrite.create(sourceTypeDeclaration.getAST());
+											AST contextAST = sourceTypeDeclaration.getAST();
+											MethodInvocation getterMethodInvocation = contextAST.newMethodInvocation();
+											if(typeCheckElimination.getTypeFieldGetterMethod() != null) {
+												sourceRewriter.set(getterMethodInvocation, MethodInvocation.NAME_PROPERTY, typeCheckElimination.getTypeFieldGetterMethod().getName(), null);
+											}
+											else {
+												sourceRewriter.set(getterMethodInvocation, MethodInvocation.NAME_PROPERTY, contextAST.newSimpleName("get" + abstractClassName), null);
+											}
+											sourceRewriter.replace(intializerExpression, getterMethodInvocation, null);
+											try {
+												TextEdit sourceEdit = sourceRewriter.rewriteAST();
+												ICompilationUnit sourceICompilationUnit = (ICompilationUnit)sourceCompilationUnit.getJavaElement();
+												CompilationUnitChange change = compilationUnitChanges.get(sourceICompilationUnit);
+												change.getEdit().addChild(sourceEdit);
+												change.addTextEditGroup(new TextEditGroup("Replace field access with invocation of getter method", new TextEdit[] {sourceEdit}));
+											} catch (JavaModelException e) {
+												e.printStackTrace();
+											}
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
 					List<Expression> methodInvocations = expressionExtractor.getMethodInvocations(statement);
 					for(Expression expression : methodInvocations) {
 						if(expression instanceof MethodInvocation) {