File No. 33-7498
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. 19 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 19 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
PREMIER CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
c/o The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 922-6000
Mark N. Jacobs, Esq.
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate
box)
X immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
_____
60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (i)
_____
on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (i)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (ii)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (ii) of Rule 485.
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If appropriate, check the following box:
this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
____ previously filed amendment.
Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares of
beneficial interest under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Section
24(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Registrant's Rule 24f-2
Notice for the fiscal year ended January 31, 1996 was filed on March 28,
1996.
PREMIER CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
Cross-Reference Sheet Pursuant to Rule 495(a)
Items in
Part A of
Form N-1A Caption Page
1 Cover Page Cover
2 Synopsis 3
3 Condensed Financial Information 4
4 General Description of Registrant 6, 27
5 Management of the Fund 10
5(a) Management's Discussion of Fund's Performance *
6 Capital Stock and Other Securities 27
7 Purchase of Securities Being Offered 11
8 Redemption or Repurchase 19
9 Pending Legal Proceedings *
Items in
Part B of
Form N-1A
10 Cover Page Cover
11 Table of Contents Cover
12 General Information and History B-30
13 Investment Objectives and Policies B-2
14 Management of the Fund B-12
15 Control Persons and Principal B-15
Holders of Securities
16 Investment Advisory and Other B-15
Services
NOTE: * Omitted since answer is negative or inapplicable.
PREMIER CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
Cross-Reference Sheet Pursuant to Rule 495(a) (continued)
Items in
Part B of
Form N-1A Caption Page
17 Brokerage Allocation and Other Securities B-27
18 Capital Stock and Other Securities B-30
19 Purchase, Redemption and Pricing B-17, B-21,
of Securities Being Offered B-25
20 Tax Status B-25
21 Underwriters Cover, B-17
22 Calculations of Performance Data B-28
23 Financial Statements B-52
Items in
Part C of
Form N-1A
24 Financial Statements and Exhibits C-1
25 Persons Controlled by or Under C-3
Common Control with Registrant
26 Number of Holders of Securities C-3
27 Indemnification C-3
28 Business and Other Connections of C-4
Investment Adviser
29 Principal Underwriters C-11
30 Location of Accounts and Records C-14
31 Management Services C-14
32 Undertakings C-14
NOTE: * Omitted since answer is negative or inapplicable.
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PREMIER CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits - List
(a) Financial Statements:
Included in Part A of the Registration Statement:
Condensed Financial Information -- For the period from
November 10, 1986 (commencement of operations) to
January 31, 1987 and for each of the nine years ended
January 31, 1996.
Included in Part B of the Registration Statement:
Statement of Investments -- January 31, 1996.
Statement of Assets and Liabilities --January 31,
1996.
Statement of Operations -- year ended January 31,
1996.
Statement of Changes in Net Assets -- for the years
ended January 31, 1995 and 1996.
Notes to Financial Statements.
Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors,
dated March 5, 1996.
All Schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, are either omitted
because they are not required under the related instructions, they are
inapplicable, or the required information is presented in the financial
statements or notes which are included in Part B of the Registration
Statement.
Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits - List (continued)
(b) Exhibits:
(1) Registrant's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of
Trust are incorporated by Reference to Exhibit (1) of Post-
Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement on Form
N-1A, filed on March 30, 1995.
(2) Registrant's By-Laws are incorporated by reference to Exhibit
(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, filed on May 19, 1994.
(5) Management Agreement is incorporated by Reference to Exhibit (5)
of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement
on Form N-1A, filed on March 30, 1995.
(6)(a) Distribution Agreement is incorporated by Reference to Exhibit
(6)(a) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 30, 1995.
(6)(b) Forms of Service Agreements are incorporated by Reference to
Exhibit (6)(b) of Post-Effective amendment No. 15 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 30, 1995.
(6)(c) Forms of Distribution Plan Agreements are incorporated by
Reference to Exhibit (6)(b) of Post-Effective amendment No. 15
to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 30,
1995.
(8)(a) Registrant's Custody Agreement is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (8)(a) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 1996.
(8)(b) Registrant's Sub-Custodial Agreements are incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (8)(b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 14
to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on May 19,
1994.
(9) Shareholder Services Plan is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (9) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on June 1, 1995.
(10) Opinion and consent of Registrant's counsel are incorporated by
Reference to Exhibit (10) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to
the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 30,
1995.
(11) Consent of Independent Auditors is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (11) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 1996.
Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits - List (continued)
(15) Distribution Plan is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (15)
of Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registration Statement
on Form N-1A, filed on June 1, 1995.
(16) Schedules of Computation of Performance Data are incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (16) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to
the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on May 19, 1994.
(18) Registrant's Rule 18f-3 Plan, as revised.
Other Exhibits:
(a) Powers-of-Attorney of Registrant's Trustees and officers
are incorporated by Reference to Other Exhibit (a) of
Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 30, 1995.
(b) The Certificate of Assistant Secretary is incorporated by
Reference to Other Exhibit (b) of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement on Form
N-1A, filed on March 30, 1995.
Item 25. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant
Not Applicable
Item 26. Number of Holders of Securities
(1) (2)
Number of Record
Title of Class Holders as of May 7, 1996
Beneficial Interest
(par value $.001)
Class A 3,277
Class B 561
Class C 2
Item 27. Indemnification
Reference is made to Article VIII of the Registrant's Amended
and Restated Declaration of Trust incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (1) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 30, 1995.
The application of these provisions is limited by Article 10 of
the Registrant's By-Laws, as amended, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit (2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 30, 1994,
and by the following undertaking set forth in the rules
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission:
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in such Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification is against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any such action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
Reference is also made to the Distribution Agreement attached as
Exhibit (6)(a) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 30, 1995.
Item 28. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser
Investment Adviser - The Dreyfus Corporation
The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") and subsidiary companies
comprise a financial service organization whose business
consists primarily of providing investment management services
as the investment adviser and manager for sponsored investment
companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940
and as an investment adviser to institutional and individual
accounts. Dreyfus also serves as sub-investment adviser to
and/or administrator of several investment companies. Dreyfus
Service Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus,
serves primarily as the registered broker-dealer of shares of
investment companies sponsored by Dreyfus and of other
investment companies for which Dreyfus acts as sub-investment
adviser and/or administrator. Dreyfus Management, Inc., another
wholly-owned subsidiary, provides investment management services
to various pension plans, institutions and individuals.
Item 28. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser (continued)
________ ________________________________________________________________
Officers and Directors of Investment Adviser
____________________________________________
Name and Position
with Dreyfus Other Businesses
_________________ ________________
MANDELL L. BERMAN Real estate consultant and private investor
Director 29100 Northwestern Highway, Suite 370
Southfield, Michigan 48034;
Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees:
Skillman Foundation;
Member of The Board of Vintners Intl.
FRANK V. CAHOUET Chairman of the Board, President and
Director Chief Executive Officer:
Mellon Bank Corporation****;
Mellon Bank, N.A.****
Director:
Avery Dennison Corporation
150 North Orange Grove Boulevard
Pasadena, California 91103;
Saint-Gobain Corporation
750 East Swedesford Road
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482;
Teledyne, Inc.
1901 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, California 90067
ALVIN E. FRIEDMAN Senior Adviser to Dillon, Read & Co. Inc.
Director 535 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022;
Director and Member of the Executive
Committee of Avnet, Inc.**
LAWRENCE M. GREENE Director:
Director Dreyfus America Fund
JULIAN M. SMERLING None
Director
HOWARD STEIN Chairman of the Board:
Chairman of the Board and Dreyfus Acquisition Corporation*;
Chief Executive Officer The Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation*;
Dreyfus Management, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Service Corporation*;
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer:
Major Trading Corporation*;
Director:
Avnet, Inc.**;
Dreyfus America Fund++++;
The Dreyfus Fund International
Limited+++++;
World Balanced Fund+++;
Dreyfus Partnership Management,
Inc.*;
Dreyfus Personal Management, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Precious Metals, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.***;
Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc.*;
Trustee:
Corporate Property Investors
New York, New York
W. KEITH SMITH Chairman and Chief Executive Officer:
Vice Chairman of the Board The Boston Company*****;
Vice Chairman of the Board:
Mellon Bank Corporation****;
Mellon Bank, N.A.****;
Director:
Dentsply International, Inc.
570 West College Avenue
York, Pennsylvania 17405
CHRISTOPHER M. CONDRON Vice Chairman:
President, Chief Mellon Bank Corporation****;
Operating Officer The Boston Company*****;
and a Director Deputy Director:
Mellon Trust****;
Chief Executive Officer:
The Boston Company Asset Management,
Inc.*****;
President:
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company*****
STEPHEN E. CANTER Director:
Vice Chairman and The Dreyfus Trust Company++;
Chief Investment Officer, Formerly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer:
and a Director Kleinwort Benson Investment Management
Americas Inc.*
LAWRENCE S. KASH Chairman, President and Chief
Vice Chairman-Distribution Executive Officer:
and a Director The Boston Company Advisors, Inc.
53 State Street
Exchange Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Executive Vice President and Director:
Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.***;
Director:
The Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation*;
The Dreyfus Trust Company++;
Dreyfus Service Corporation*;
President:
The Boston Company*****;
Laurel Capital Advisors****;
Boston Group Holdings, Inc.;
Executive Vice President:
Mellon Bank, N.A.****;
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust
Company*****;
PHILIP L. TOIA Chairman of the Board and Trust Investment
Vice Chairman-Operations Officer:
and Administration The Dreyfus Trust Company++;
and a Director Chairman of the Board and Chief Operating
Officer:
Major Trading Corporation*;
Chairman and Director:
Dreyfus Transfer, Inc.
One American Express Plaza
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Director:
Dreyfus Precious Metals, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Service Corporation*;
Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc.*;
President and Director:
Dreyfus Acquisition Corporation*;
The Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation*;
Dreyfus-Lincoln, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Management, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Personal Management, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Partnership Management, Inc.+;
Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.***;
The Truepenny Corporation*;
Formerly, Senior Vice President:
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. and
The Chase Manhattan Capital Markets
Corporation
One Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, New York 10081
WILLIAM T. SANDALLS, JR. Director:
Senior Vice President and Dreyfus Partnership Management, Inc.*;
Chief Financial Officer Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc.*;
President and Director:
Lion Management, Inc.*;
Executive Vice President and Director:
Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.*;
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Director:
Dreyfus Acquisition Corporation*;
Vice President and Director:
The Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation*;
The Truepenny Corporation*;
Treasurer, Financial Officer and Director:
The Dreyfus Trust Company++;
Treasurer and Director:
Dreyfus Management, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Personal Management, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Service Corporation*;
Major Trading Corporation*;
Formerly, President and Director:
Sandalls & Co., Inc.
BARBARA E. CASEY President:
Vice President- Dreyfus Retirement Services Division;
Dreyfus Retirement Executive Vice President:
Services Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.*****
Dreyfus Service Corporation*
ELIE M. GENADRY President:
Vice President- Institutional Services Division of Dreyfus
Institutional Sales Service Corporation*;
Broker-Dealer Division of Dreyfus Service
Corporation*;
Group Retirement Plans Division of Dreyfus
Service Corporation;
Executive Vice President:
Dreyfus Service Corporation*;
Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.***;
Vice President:
The Dreyfus Trust Company++
WILLIAM F. GLAVIN, JR. Executive Vice President:
Vice President-Corporate Dreyfus Service Corporation*;
Development Senior Vice President:
The Boston Company Advisors, Inc.
53 State Street
Exchange Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
MARK N. JACOBS Vice President, Secretary and Director:
Vice President- Lion Management, Inc.*;
General Counsel Secretary:
and Secretary The Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation*;
Dreyfus Management, Inc.*;
Assistant Secretary:
Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.***;
Major Trading Corporation*;
The Truepenny Corporation*
PATRICE M. KOZLOWSKI None
Vice President-
Corporate Communications
MARY BETH LEIBIG None
Vice President-
Human Resources
JEFFREY N. NACHMAN President and Director:
Vice President-Mutual Fund Dreyfus Transfer, Inc.
Accounting One American Express Plaza
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
ANDREW S. WASSER Vice President:
Vice President-Information Mellon Bank Corporation****
Services
MAURICE BENDRIHEM Treasurer:
Controller Dreyfus Partnership Management, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Precious Metals, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.***;
Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc.*;
The Truepenny Corporation*;
Controller:
Dreyfus Acquisition Corporation*;
Dreyfus Service Corporation*;
The Dreyfus Trust Company++;
The Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation*;
Formerly, Vice President-Financial Planning,
Administration and Tax:
Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc.
1633 Broadway
New York, New York 10019
ELVIRA OSLAPAS Assistant Secretary:
Assistant Secretary Dreyfus Service Corporation*;
Dreyfus Management, Inc.*;
Dreyfus Acquisition Corporation, Inc.*;
The Truepenny Corporation+
______________________________________
* The address of the business so indicated is 200 Park Avenue, New
York, New York 10166.
** The address of the business so indicated is 80 Cutter Mill Road,
Great Neck, New York 11021.
*** The address of the business so indicated is 131 Second Street, Lewes,
Delaware 19958.
**** The address of the business so indicated is One Mellon Bank Center,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258.
***** The address of the business so indicated is One Boston Place, Boston,
Massachusetts 02108.
+ The address of the business so indicated is Atrium Building, 80 Route
4 East, Paramus, New Jersey 07652.
++ The address of the business so indicated is 144 Glenn Curtiss
Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144.
+++ The address of the business so indicated is One Rockefeller Plaza,
New York, New York 10020.
++++ The address of the business so indicated is 2 Boulevard Royal,
Luxembourg.
+++++ The address of the business so indicated is Nassau, Bahama Islands.
Item 29. Principal Underwriters
________ ______________________
(a) Other investment companies for which Registrant's principal
underwriter (exclusive distributor) acts as principal underwriter or
exclusive distributor:
1) Comstock Partners Strategy Fund, Inc.
2) Dreyfus A Bonds Plus, Inc.
3) Dreyfus Appreciation Fund, Inc.
4) Dreyfus Asset Allocation Fund, Inc.
5) Dreyfus Balanced Fund, Inc.
6) Dreyfus BASIC GNMA Fund
7) Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc.
8) Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Fund, Inc.
9) Dreyfus BASIC U.S. Government Money Market Fund
10) Dreyfus California Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
11) Dreyfus California Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
12) Dreyfus California Tax Exempt Money Market Fund
13) Dreyfus Capital Value Fund, Inc.
14) Dreyfus Cash Management
15) Dreyfus Cash Management Plus, Inc.
16) Dreyfus Connecticut Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
17) Dreyfus Connecticut Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
18) Dreyfus Florida Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
19) Dreyfus Florida Municipal Money Market Fund
20) The Dreyfus Fund Incorporated
21) Dreyfus Global Bond Fund, Inc.
22) Dreyfus Global Growth Fund
23) Dreyfus GNMA Fund, Inc.
24) Dreyfus Government Cash Management
25) Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.
26) Dreyfus Growth and Value Funds, Inc.
27) Dreyfus Growth Opportunity Fund, Inc.
28) Dreyfus Income Funds
29) Dreyfus Institutional Money Market Fund
30) Dreyfus Institutional Short Term Treasury Fund
31) Dreyfus Insured Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
32) Dreyfus Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
33) Dreyfus International Equity Fund, Inc.
34) The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.
35) The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust
36) The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds
37) The Dreyfus/Laurel Investment Series
38) Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
39) Dreyfus LifeTime Portfolios, Inc.
40) Dreyfus Liquid Assets, Inc.
41) Dreyfus Massachusetts Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
42) Dreyfus Massachusetts Municipal Money Market Fund
43) Dreyfus Massachusetts Tax Exempt Bond Fund
44) Dreyfus Michigan Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
45) Dreyfus Money Market Instruments, Inc.
46) Dreyfus Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
47) Dreyfus Municipal Cash Management Plus
48) Dreyfus Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
49) Dreyfus New Jersey Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
50) Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
51) Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
52) Dreyfus New Leaders Fund, Inc.
53) Dreyfus New York Insured Tax Exempt Bond Fund
54) Dreyfus New York Municipal Cash Management
55) Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
56) Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Intermediate Bond Fund
57) Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Money Market Fund
58) Dreyfus Ohio Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
59) Dreyfus 100% U.S. Treasury Intermediate Term Fund
60) Dreyfus 100% U.S. Treasury Long Term Fund
61) Dreyfus 100% U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund
62) Dreyfus 100% U.S. Treasury Short Term Fund
63) Dreyfus Pennsylvania Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
64) Dreyfus Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Fund
65) Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Government Fund
66) Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
67) Dreyfus Investment Grade Bond Funds, Inc.
68) The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
69) Premier Strategic Investing
70) Dreyfus Tax Exempt Cash Management
71) The Dreyfus Third Century Fund, Inc.
72) Dreyfus Treasury Cash Management
73) Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management
74) Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
75) Dreyfus Worldwide Dollar Money Market Fund, Inc.
76) General California Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
77) General California Municipal Money Market Fund
78) General Government Securities Money Market Fund, Inc.
79) General Money Market Fund, Inc.
80) General Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
81) General Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
82) General New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
83) General New York Municipal Money Market Fund
84) Dreyfus S&P 500 Index Fund
85) Dreyfus MidCap Index Fund
86) Premier Insured Municipal Bond Fund
87) Premier California Municipal Bond Fund
88) Premier Equity Funds, Inc.
89) Premier Global Investing, Inc.
90) Premier GNMA Fund
91) Premier Growth Fund, Inc.
92) Premier Municipal Bond Fund
93) Premier New York Municipal Bond Fund
94) Premier State Municipal Bond Fund
95) Premier Strategic Growth Fund
(b)
Positions and
Name and principal Positions and offices with offices with
business address the Distributor Registrant
__________________ ___________________________ _____________
Marie E. Connolly+ Director, President, Chief President and
Executive Officer and Compliance Treasurer
Officer
Joseph F. Tower, III+ Senior Vice President, Treasurer Assistant
and Chief Financial Officer Treasurer
John E. Pelletier+ Senior Vice President, General Vice President
Counsel, Secretary and Clerk and Secretary
Frederick C. Dey++ Senior Vice President Vice President
and Assistant
Treasurer
Eric B. Fischman++ Vice President and Associate Vice President
General Counsel and Assistant
Secretary
Paul Prescott+ Vice President None
Elizabeth Bachman++ Assistant Vice President Vice President
and Assistant
Secretary
Mary Nelson+ Assistant Treasurer None
John J. Pyburn++ Assistant Treasurer Assistant
Treasurer
Jean M. O'Leary+ Assistant Secretary and None
Assistant Clerk
John W. Gomez+ Director None
William J. Nutt+ Director None
________________________________
+ Principal business address is One Exchange Place, Boston, Massachusetts
02109.
++ Principal business address is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.
Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records
________________________________
1. First Data Investor Services Group, Inc.,
a subsidiary of First Data Corporation
P.O. Box 9671
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-9671
2. The Bank of New York
90 Washington Street
New York, New York 10286
3. Dreyfus Transfer, Inc.
P.O. Box 9671
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-9671
4. The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Item 31. Management Services
_______ ___________________
Not Applicable
Item 32. Undertakings
________ ____________
(1) To call a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of voting upon
the question of removal of a trustee or trustees when requested
in writing to do so by the holders of at least 10% of the
Registrant's outstanding shares of beneficial interest and in
connection with such meeting to comply with the provisions of
Section 16(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 relating to
shareholder communications.
(2) To furnish each person to whom a prospectus is delivered with a
copy of the Fund's latest Annual Report to Shareholders, upon
request and without charge.
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 of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has
duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
York, and State of New York on the 18th day of July, 1996.
PREMIER CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
BY: /s/Marie E. Connolly*
_______________________
MARIE E. CONNOLLY, PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures Title Date
___________________________ ______________________________ ___________
/s/Marie E. Connolly* President (Principal Executive 7/18/96
______________________________ Officer) and Treasurer
Marie E. Connolly
/s/Joseph F. Tower, III* Assistant Treasurer (Principal 7/18/96
______________________________ Accounting and Financial Officer)
Joseph F. Tower, III
/s/Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.* Trustee 7/18/96
______________________________
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.
/s/Peggy C. Davis* Trustee 7/18/96
______________________________
Peggy C. Davis
/s/Joseph S. DiMartino* Chairman of the Board 7/18/96
______________________________ of Trustees
Joseph S. DiMartino
/s/Ernest Kafka* Trustee 7/18/96
______________________________
Ernest Kafka
/s/Saul B. Klaman* Trustee 7/18/96
______________________________
Saul B. Klaman
/s/Nathan Leventhal* Trustee 7/18/96
______________________________
Nathan Leventhal
*BY: __________________________
Elizabeth Bachman
Attorney-in-Fact
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PREMIER CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to
Registration Statement on Form N-1A under
the Securities Act of 1933 and
the Investment Company Act of 1940
EXHIBITS
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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(18) Rule 18f-3 Plan, as revised...........................
THE DREYFUS FAMILY OF FUNDS
(PREMIER FAMILY OF FIXED-INCOME FUNDS)
RULE 18F-3 PLAN
Rule 18f-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act"), requires that the Board of an investment company desiring to offer
multiple classes pursuant to said Rule adopt a plan setting forth the separate
arrangement and expense allocation of each class, and any related conversion
features or exchange privileges.
The Board, including a majority of the non-interested Board members,
of each of the investment companies, or series thereof, listed on Schedule A
attached hereto (each, a "Fund") which desires to offer multiple classes has
determined that the following plan is in the best interests of each class
individually and the Fund as a whole:
1. CLASS DESIGNATION: Fund shares shall be divided into Class A, Class
B and Class C.
2. DIFFERENCES IN SERVICES: The services offered to shareholders of
each Class shall be substantially the same, except that Right of Accumulation,
Letter of Intent, Reinvestment Privilege and Checkwriting services shall be
available only to holders of Class A shares.
3. DIFFERENCES IN DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS: Class A shares shall be
offered with a front-end sales charge, as such term is defined in Article III,
Section 26(b), of the Rules of Fair Practice of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., and a deferred sales charge (a "CDSC"), as such term
is defined in said Section 26(b), may be assessed on certain redemptions of
Class A shares purchased without an initial sales charge as part of an
investment of $1 million or more. The amount of the sales charge and the amount
of and provisions relating to the CDSC pertaining to the Class A shares are set
forth on Schedule B hereto.
Class B shares shall not be subject to a front-end sales charge, but
shall be subject to a CDSC and shall be charged an annual distribution fee under
a Distribution Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The
amount of and provisions relating to the CDSC, and the amount of the fees under
the Distribution Plan pertaining to the Class B shares, are set forth on
Schedule C hereto.
Class C shares shall not be subject to a front-end sales charge, but
shall be subject to a CDSC and shall be charged an annual distribution fee under
a Distribution Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The
amount of and provisions relating to the CDSC, and the amount of the fees under
the Distribution Plan pertaining to the Class C shares, are set forth on
Schedule D hereto.
Each Class of shares shall be subject to an annual service fee at the
rate of .25% of the value of the average daily net assets of such Class pursuant
to a Shareholder Services Plan.
4. EXPENSE ALLOCATION. The following expenses shall be allocated, to
the extent practicable, on a Class-by- Class basis: (a) fees under the
Distribution Plan and Shareholder Services Plan; (b) printing and postage
expenses related to preparing and distributing materials, such as shareholder
reports, prospectuses and proxies, to current shareholders of a specific Class;
(c) Securities and Exchange Commission and Blue Sky registration fees incurred
by a specific Class; (d) the expense of administrative personnel and services as
required to support the shareholders of a specific Class; (e) litigation or
other legal expenses relating solely to a specific Class; (f) transfer agent
fees identified by the Fund's transfer agent as being attributable to a specific
Class; and (g) Board members' fees incurred as a result of issues relating to a
specific Class.
5. CONVERSION FEATURES. Class B shares shall automatically convert to
Class A shares after a specified period of time after the date of purchase,
based on the relative net asset value of each such Class without the imposition
of any sales charge, fee or other charge, as set forth on Schedule E hereto. No
other Class shall be subject to any automatic conversion feature.
6. EXCHANGE PRIVILEGES. Shares of a Class shall be exchangeable only
for (a) shares of the same Class of other investment companies managed or
administered by The Dreyfus Corporation and (b) shares of certain other
investment companies specified from time to time.
Dated: April 12, 1995
As Revised: July 17, 1996
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SCHEDULE A
Premier California Municipal Bond Fund
Premier GNMA Fund
Premier Insured Municipal Bond Fund
Premier Municipal Bond Fund
Premier New York Municipal Bond Fund
Premier State Municipal Bond Fund
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SCHEDULE B
FRONT-END SALES CHARGE--CLASS A SHARES--The public offering price for Class A
shares shall be the net asset value per share of that Class plus a sales load as
shown below:
Total Sales Load
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As a % of As a % of
offering net asset
price per value per
Amount of Transaction share share
----------------------- ------------------
Less than $50,000................... 4.50 4.70
$50,000 to less than $100,000....... 4.00 4.20
$100,000 to less than $250,000...... 3.00 3.10
$250,000 to less than $500,000...... 2.50 2.60
$500,000 to less than $1,000,000.... 2.00 2.00
$1,000,000 or more.................. -0- -0-
CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE--CLASS A SHARES--A CDSC of 1% shall be assessed
at the time of redemption of Class A shares purchased without an initial sales
charge as part of an investment of at least $1,000,000 and redeemed within one
year after purchase. The terms contained in Schedule C pertaining to the CDSC
assessed on redemptions of Class B shares (other than the amount of the CDSC and
its time periods), including the provisions for waiving the CDSC, shall be
applicable to the Class A shares subject to a CDSC. Letter of Intent and Right
of Accumulation shall apply to such purchases of Class A shares.
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SCHEDULE C
CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE--CLASS B SHARES--A CDSC payable to the Fund's
Distributor shall be imposed on any redemption of Class B shares which reduces
the current net asset value of such Class B shares to an amount which is lower
than the dollar amount of all payments by the redeeming shareholder for the
purchase of Class B shares of the Fund held by such shareholder at the time of
redemption. No CDSC shall be imposed to the extent that the net asset value of
the Class B shares redeemed does not exceed (i) the current net asset value of
Class B shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends or capital gain
distributions, plus (ii) increases in the net asset value of the shareholder's
Class B shares above the dollar amount of all payments for the purchase of Class
B shares of the Fund held by such shareholder at the time of redemption.
If the aggregate value of the Class B shares redeemed has declined
below their original cost as a result of the Fund's performance, a CDSC may be
applied to the then-current net asset value rather than the purchase price.
In circumstances where the CDSC is imposed, the amount of the charge
shall depend on the number of years from the time the shareholder purchased the
Class B shares until the time of redemption of such shares. Solely for purposes
of determining the number of years from the time of any payment for the purchase
of Class B shares, all payments during a month shall be aggregated and deemed to
have been made on the first day of the month. The following table sets forth the
rates of the CDSC:
CDSC as a % of
YEAR SINCE Amount Invested
PURCHASE PAYMENT or Redemption
WAS MADE Proceeds
First.................................. 3.00
Second................................. 3.00
Third.................................. 2.00
Fourth................................. 2.00
Fifth.................................. 1.00
Sixth.................................. 0.00
In determining whether a CDSC is applicable to a redemption, the
calculation shall be made in a manner that results in the lowest possible rate.
Therefore, it shall be assumed that the redemption is made first of amounts
representing shares acquired pursuant to the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions; then of amounts representing the increase in net asset value of
Class B shares above the total amount of payments for the purchase of Class B
shares made during the preceding five years; then of amounts representing the
cost of shares purchased five years prior to the redemption; and finally, of
amounts representing the cost of shares held for the longest period of time
within the applicable five-year period.
WAIVER OF CDSC--The CDSC shall be waived in connection with (a) redemptions made
within one year after the death or disability, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), of the shareholder,
(b) redemptions by employees participating in qualified or non-qualified
employee benefit plans or other programs where (i) the employers or affiliated
employers maintaining such plans or programs have a minimum of 250 employees
eligible for participation in such plans or programs, or (ii) such plan's or
program's aggregate investment in the Dreyfus Family of Funds or certain other
products made available by the Fund's Distributor exceeds one million dollars,
(c) redemptions as a result of a combination of any investment company with the
Fund by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise, and (d) a distribution
following retirement under a tax-deferred retirement plan or upon attaining age
70-1/2 in the case of an IRA or Keogh plan or custodial account pursuant to
Section 403(b) of the Code. Any Fund shares subject to a CDSC which were
purchased prior to the termination of such waiver shall have the CDSC waived as
provided in the Fund's prospectus at the time of the purchase of such shares.
AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTION PLAN FEES--CLASS B SHARES--.50 of 1% of the value of the
average daily net assets of Class B.
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SCHEDULE D
CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE--CLASS C SHARES--A CDSC of 1.00% payable to the
Fund's Distributor shall be imposed on any redemption of Class C shares within
one year of the date of purchase. The basis for calculating the payment of any
such CDSC shall be the method used in calculating the CDSC for Class B shares.
In addition, the provisions for waiving the CDSC shall be those set forth for
Class B shares.
AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTION PLAN FEES--CLASS C SHARES--.75 of 1% of the value of the
average daily net assets of Class C.
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SCHEDULE E
CONVERSION OF CLASS B SHARES--Approximately six years after the date of
purchase, Class B shares automatically shall convert to Class A shares, based on
the relative net asset values for shares of each such Class, and shall no longer
be subject to the distribution fee. At that time, Class B shares that have been
acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions ("Dividend
Shares") shall be converted in the proportion that a shareholder's Class B
shares (other than Dividend Shares) converting to Class A shares bears to the
total Class B shares then held by the shareholder which were not acquired
through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.
