March 16, 2000
DREYFUS PREMIER STATE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
SUPPLEMENT TO STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
1. The following information replaces all contrary information contained in
the sections of the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") entitled
"Description of the Fund and Series", "Management of the Fund" and "Management
Arrangements":
Effective March 16, 2000, Dreyfus Service Corporation ("DSC") became the
distributor to the Fund. DSC is located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166.
2. The following information replaces the information contained in the
section of the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") entitled "Management
of the Fund - Officers of the Fund":
Stephen E. Canter, President. President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief
Investment Officer of the Manager, and an officer of other investment
companies advised and administered by the Manager. Mr. Canter also is a
Director or an Executive Committee Member of the other investment
management subsidiaries of Mellon Financial Corporation, each of which is
an affiliate of the Manager. He is 54 years old.
Mark N. Jacobs, Vice President. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to
the Manager, and an officer of other investment companies advised and
administered by the Manager. He is 53 years old.
Joseph Connolly, Vice President and Treasurer. Director - Mutual Fund Accounting
of the Manager, and an officer of other investment companies advised and
administered by the Manager. He is 42 years old.
Steven F. Newman, Secretary. Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
of the Manager, and an officer of other investment companies advised and
administered by the Manager. He is 50 years old.
Janette Farragher, Assistant Secretary. Assistant General Counsel of the
Manager, and an officer of other investment companies advised and
administered by the Manager. She is 37 years old.
Michael A. Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary. Associate General Counsel of the
Manager, and an officer of other investment companies advised and
administered by the Manager. He is 40 years old.
Gregory S. Gruber, Assistant Treasurer. Senior Accounting Manager - Municipal
Bond Funds of the Manager, and an officer of other investment companies
advised and administered by the Manager. He is 40 years old.
The address of each Fund officer is 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166.
3. The following information supplements the information contained in the
section of the SAI entitled "Management Arrangements - Distributor":
Disclosure of the amounts retained by "the distributor" on the sale of
shares of the Fund refers to amounts retained by Premier Mutual Fund Services,
Inc. ("Premier"), the Fund's distributor prior to March 16, 2000. No information
is provided for Dreyfus Service Corporation, as it was not the Fund's
distributor as of the Fund's last fiscal year end.
4. The clause "Pursuant to an agreement with the Distributor" hereby is
deleted in the following sections of the SAI; (i) the last sentence of the
second paragraph of the section of the SAI entitled "How to Buy Shares- Class A
Shares", and (ii) the first sentence of the section entitled "How to Buy Shares
- - Class B and C Shares".
