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File Nos. 811-5872 and 33-30703
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. 7 [ X ]
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ X ]
Amendment No. 7 [ X ]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
GENERAL CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC.
(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) 922-6020
Daniel C. Maclean, 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)
_____ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
__X__ on February 1, 1995 pursuant to paragraph (b)
_____ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (i)
_____ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (i)
_____ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (ii)
_____ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (ii) of Rule 485
Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares of its Common Stock
under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Sec. 24(f) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940. Registrant's Rule 24f-2 Notice for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1994 was filed November 1, 1994.
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILE NOS. 811-5872 AND 33-30703
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
For Registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of Securities of Open-End
Management Investment Companies registered on Form N-1A.
A. Exact name of Company specified in Charter:
GENERAL CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC.
B. Complete address of Company's principal executive offices:
c/o The Dreyfus Corporation, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166
C. Name and complete address of agent for service:
Daniel C. Maclean, Esq.
The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
D. Title and amount of Securities being registered (number of shares or
other units):
6,147,416 Shares (See Note Below)
E. Proposed aggregate offering price to the public of the securities being
registered:
$290,000 (Determined on the basis of the closing
price on January 9, 1995; i.e. $12.39
per share (See Note Below))
F. Amount of filing fee, computed at one twenty-ninth of one percent of
the proposed maximum aggregate offering price to the public:
$100 (See Note Below)
G. Appropriate date of proposed public offering:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
Registration Statement, and thereafter from day to day
NOTE: Shares to be registered pursuant to Rule 24e-2
Aggregate
Offering Price
Total Shares Registered: 6,147,416 X $12.39 = $76,166,484
Less Adjustment for Shares
Redeemed in excess of Shares
Sold during Fiscal Year
ended September 30, 1994: 6,124,010 X $12.39 = $75,876,484
23,406 X $12.39 = $ 290,000
Fee at 1/29 of 1% $ 100
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CONSENT OF STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN
The Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, counsel to the Registrant, has
been included in their Opinion filed as Exhibit 10 to this Amendment to the
Registration Statement.
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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 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 20th day of January, 1995.
GENERAL CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC.
BY: /s/ Marie E. Connolly*
MARIE E. CONNOLLY, PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this Amendment to the Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE
/s/ Marie E. Connolly* President and Treasurer
Marie E. Connolly (Principal Executive and
Financial Officer)
/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino* Director and
Joseph S. DiMartino Chairman of the Board
/s/ Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.* Director
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.
/s/ Peggy C. Davis* Director
Peggy C. Davis
/s/ Ernest Kafka* Director
Ernest Kafka
/s/ Saul B. Klaman* Director
Saul B. Klaman*
/s/ Nathan Leventhal* Director
Nathan Leventhal
*BY: /s/ Frederick C. Dey
Frederick C. Dey, Attorney-in-Fact
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick C. Dey, Eric
B. Fischman, Ruth D. Leibert and John E. Pelletier and each of them, with full
power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in writing)
to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement for each Fund
listed on Schedule A attached hereto (including post-effective amendments and
amendments thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or agents or any of
them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino
Joseph S. DiMartino,
Director and Chairman of the Board
Dated: January 18, 1995
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SCHEDULE A
Dreyfus Appreciation Fund, Inc.
General California Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
General California Municipal Money Market Fund
General Government Securities Money Market Fund, Inc.
General Money Market Fund, Inc.
General Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
General Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
General New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
General New York Municipal Money Market Fund
Premier California Municipal Bond Fund
Premier GNMA Fund
Premier Growth Fund, Inc.
Premier Insured Municipal Bond Fund
Premier Limited Term Municipal Bond Fund
Premier Municipal Bond Fund
Premier New York Municipal Bond Fund
Premier State Municipal Bond Fund
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