March 22, 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 ENTITLED DESCRIPTION OF
THE FUNDS, MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS AND MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS:
Effective March 22, 2000, Dreyfus Service Corporation (DSC) became the
distributor to each 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 ENTITLED MANAGEMENT OF
THE FUNDS - 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. JACOBS, VICE PRESIDENT. Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
of 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, ASSISTANT 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. He 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 hte 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 22, 2000. No information
is provided for Dreyfus SErvice Corporation, as it was not hte 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 hte
second paragraph of the s ection of hte 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".
