DREYFUS PREMIER CALIFORNIA TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND, INC.

Certificate of Assistant Secretary

     The undersigned, John B. Hammalian, Assistant Secretary of DREYFUS PREMIER CALIFORNIA TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND, INC. (the "Fund"), hereby certifies that set forth below is a copy of the resolutions adopted by the Fund's Board authorizing the signing by Mark N. Jacobs, Michael A. Rosenberg, James Bitetto, Joni Lacks Charatan, Joseph M. Chioffi, Janette E. Farragher, John B. Hammalian, Robert R. Mullery, and Jeff Prusnofsky on behalf of the proper officers of the Fund pursuant to a power of attorney:

RESOLVED, that each Board member whose signature appears 

below on this Written Consent hereby constitutes and appoints 

Mark N. Jacobs, Michael A. Rosenberg, James Bitetto, Joni Lacks 

Charatan, Joseph M. Chioffi, Janette E. Farragher, John B. 

Hammalian, Robert R. Mullery, and Jeff Prusnofsky, and each of 

them, with full power to act without the other, his or her true and 

lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution 

and resubstitution, for him or her, and in his or her name, place and 

stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in writing) to sign 

any and all amendments to the Fund’s Registration Statement on 

N-1A, 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 and 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; and it is further 

RESOLVED, that any and all amendments to the Fund’s 

Registration Statement on Form N-1A may be signed by any one 

of Mark N. Jacobs, Michael A. Rosenberg, James Bitetto, Joni 

Lacks Charatan, Joseph M. Chioffi, Janette E. Farragher, John B. 

Hammalian, Robert R. Mullery, and Jeff Prusnofsky, as the 

attorney-in-fact for proper officers of the Fund, with full power of 

substitution and resubstitution; and that the appointment of each of 

such persons as such attorney-in-fact hereby is authorized and 

approved; and that such attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, shall 

have full power and authority to do and perform each and every act 

and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with 

such amendments to the Fund’s Registration Statement, as fully to 

all intents and purposes as the officer, for whom he or she is acting 

as attorney-in-fact might or could do in person; and it is further 

RESOLVED, that each of the officers of the Fund, acting alone, 

hereby is authorized and empowered to do any and all acts and 

execute and deliver any and all agreements, documents, 

instruments and certificates as such officer may deem necessary, 

appropriate and convenient to carry out the intent and purposes of 

the foregoing resolutions, such determinations to be conclusively 

evidenced by the doing of such acts and the execution and delivery 

of such agreements, documents, instruments and certificates. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the 27^th day of September, 2005.

/s/ John B. Hammalian
John B. Hammalian
Assistant Secretary

(SEAL)

DREYFUS PREMIER CALIFORNIA TAX EXEMPT BOND FUND, INC.