485BPOS 1 lp1.htm POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 27 lp1

File Nos. 2-95595

811-4216
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. 27         [X] 
    and/or     
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940    [__] 
Amendment No. 27         [X] 
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)     
DREYFUS CALIFORNIA TAX EXEMPT MONEY MARKET 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)

---- immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

X on August 1, 2006 pursuant to paragraph (b)

---- 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

---- on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

---- 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

---- on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

---- this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.


Dreyfus California Tax    Exempt 
Money Market Fund     

Seeks current income exempt from federal and California state income taxes 
by investing in short-term, high quality municipal obligations 

PROSPECTUS August 1, 2006


Contents

The Fund     


Goal/Approach    1 
Main Risks    2 
Past Performance    3 
Expenses    4 
Management    5 
Financial Highlights    6 
 
Your Investment     


Account Policies    7 
Distributions and Taxes    10 
Services for Fund Investors    11 
Instructions for Regular Accounts    12 
 
For More Information     



See back cover.

The Fund

Dreyfus California Tax Exempt 
Money Market Fund 

Ticker Symbol: DCTXX 

GOAL/APPROACH

The fund seeks as high a level of current income —exempt from federal and California state income taxes — as is consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity.As a money market fund, the fund is subject to maturity, quality and diversification requirements designed to help it maintain a stable share price.

To pursue this goal, the fund normally invests substantially all of its net assets in municipal obligations that provide income exempt from federal and California state personal income taxes. The fund also may invest in high quality, short-term structured notes, which are derivative instruments whose value is tied to underlying municipal obligations.

Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal and California state income taxes, interest from some of its holdings may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. In addition, the fund temporarily may invest in high quality, taxable money market instruments and/or municipal obligations that pay income exempt only from federal income tax, when the portfolio manager believes acceptable California municipal obligations are not available for investment.

Concepts to understand

Money market fund: a specific type of fund that seeks to maintain a $1.00 price per share. Money market funds are subject to strict federal requirements and must:

  • maintain an average dollar-weighted portfolio maturity of 90 days or less
  • buy individual securities that have remaining maturities of 13 months or less
  • invest only in high quality, dollar-denominated obligations

Municipal obligations: debt securities that provide income free from federal income tax, and state income tax if the investor lives in the issuing state. Municipal obligations are typically of two types:

  • general obligation bonds, which are secured by the full faith and credit of the issuer and its taxing power
  • revenue bonds, which are payable from the revenues derived from a specific revenue source, such as charges for water and sewer service or highway tolls

The Fund 1


MAIN RISKS

The fund’s yield will vary as the short-term securities in its portfolio mature and the proceeds are reinvested in securities with different interest rates.

An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

While the fund has maintained a constant share price since inception and will continue to try to do so, the following factors could reduce the fund’s income level and/or share price:

  • interest rates could rise sharply, causing the value of the fund’s investments and its share price to drop
  • interest rates could drop, thereby reducing the fund’s yield
  • California’s economy and revenues underlying its municipal obligations may decline
  • the fund’s portfolio securities may be more sensitive to risks that are specific to investing primarily in a single state
  • any of the fund’s holdings could have its credit rating downgraded or could default

Derivative securities, such as structured notes, can be volatile, and the possibility of default by the financial institution or counterparty may be greater for these securities than for other types of money market instruments. Structured notes typically are purchased in privately negotiated transactions from financial institutions and, thus, an active trading market for such instruments may not exist.

Concepts to understand

Credit rating: a measure of the issuer’s expected ability to make all required interest and principal payments in a timely manner. An issuer with the highest credit rating has a very strong degree of certainty (or safety) with respect to making all payments. An issuer with the second-highest credit rating still has a strong capacity to make all payments, although the degree of safety is somewhat less.

Generally, the fund is required to invest its assets in securities with the highest or second-highest credit rating or the unrated equivalent as determined by Dreyfus.

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PAST PERFORMANCE

The bar chart and table shown illustrate the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows the changes in the fund’s performance from year to year.The table shows the fund’s average annual total returns over time. Of course, past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Best Quarter:    Q4 ’00    +0.79% 


Worst Quarter:    Q3 ’03    +0.07% 
The fund’s year-to-date total return as of 6/30/06 was 1.33%. 

Average annual total returns as of 12/31/05 
1 Year    5 Years    10 Years 



1.77%    1.13%    1.94% 

For the fund’s current yield, please call toll-free:

1-800-645-6561.

What this fund is — and isn’t

This fund is a mutual fund: a pooled investment that is professionally managed and gives you the opportunity to participate in financial markets. It strives to reach its stated goal, although as with all mutual funds, it cannot offer guaranteed results.

An investment in this fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. It is not a complete investment program. You could lose money in this fund, but you also have the potential to make money.

The Fund 3


EXPENSES

As an investor, you pay certain fees and expenses in connection with the fund, which are described in the table below. Annual fund operating expenses are paid out of fund assets, so their effect is reflected in the amount of income available for distribution to shareholders.The fund has no sales charge (load) or Rule 12b-1 distribution fees.

Fee table         
Annual fund operating expenses     
% of average daily net assets     
Management fees        0.50% 
Shareholder services fee        0.05% 
Other expenses        0.10% 



Total            0.65% 




 
 
Expense example         
1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years 




$66    $208    $362    $810 





This example shows what you could pay in expenses over time. It uses the same hypothetical conditions other funds use in their prospectuses: $10,000 initial investment, 5% total return each year and no changes in expenses. The figures shown would be the same whether you sold your shares at the end of a period or kept them. Because actual returns and expenses will be different, the example is for comparison only.

From time to time, Dreyfus may limit expenses to the extent it deems appropriate to enhance the yield of the fund during periods when fixed expenses have a significant impact on the fund’s yield because of low interest rates. This expense limitation policy is voluntary and temporary and may be revised or terminated by Dreyfus at any time without notice.

Concepts to understand

Management fee: the fee paid to Dreyfus for managing the fund’s portfolio and assisting in all aspects of the fund’s operations.

Shareholder services fee: a fee of up to 0.25% used to reimburse the fund’s distributor for shareholder account service and maintenance.

Other expenses: fees paid by the fund for miscellaneous items such as transfer agency, custody, professional and registration fees. The fund also makes payments to certain financial intermediaries, including affiliates, who provide sub-administration, recordkeeping and/or sub-transfer agency services to beneficial owners of the fund.

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MANAGEMENT
Investment adviser

The investment adviser for the fund is The Dreyfus Corporation (Dreyfus), 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. Founded in 1947, Dreyfus manages approximately $170 billion in approximately 200 mutual fund portfolios. For the past fiscal year, the fund paid Dreyfus a management fee at the annual rate of 0.50% of the fund’s average daily net assets. A discussion regarding the basis for the board’s approving the fund’s management agreement with Dreyfus is available in the fund’s annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. Dreyfus is the primary mutual fund business of Mellon Financial Corporation (Mellon Financial), a global financial services company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mellon Financial is one of the world's leading providers of financial services for institutions, corporations and high net worth individuals, providing institutional asset management, mutual funds, private wealth management, asset servicing, payment solutions and investor services, and treasury services. Mellon Financial has approximately $5.1 trillion in assets under management, administration or custody, including $870 billion under management.

The Dreyfus asset management philosophy is based on the belief that discipline and consistency are important to investment success. For each fund, Dreyfus seeks to establish clear guidelines for portfolio management and to be systematic in making decisions.This approach is designed to provide each fund with a distinct, stable identity.

Distributor

The fund’s distributor is Dreyfus Service Corporation (DSC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus. Dreyfus or DSC may provide cash payments out of its own resources to financial interme-diaries that sell shares of the fund or provide other services. Such payments are in addition to any shareholder services fees or other expenses paid by the fund. These additional payments may be made to intermediaries, including affiliates, that provide shareholder servicing, sub-administration, recordkeeping and/or sub-transfer agency services, marketing support and/or access to sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives of the financial intermediary. Cash compensation also may be paid to intermediaries for inclusion of the fund on a sales list, including a preferred or select sales list or in other sales programs.These payments sometimes are referred to as “revenue sharing.” In some cases, these payments may create an incentive for a financial intermediary or its employees to recommend or sell shares of the fund to you. Please contact your financial representative for details about any payments they or their firm may receive in connection with the sale of fund shares or the provision of services to the fund.

From time to time, Dreyfus or DSC also may provide cash or non-cash compensation to financial intermediaries or their representatives in the form of occasional gifts; occasional meals, tickets or other entertainment; support for due diligence trips; educational conference sponsorship; support for recognition programs; and other forms of cash or non-cash compensation permissible under broker-dealer regulations, as periodically amended.

Code of ethics

The fund, Dreyfus and DSC have each adopted a code of ethics that permits its personnel, subject to such code, to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the fund.The Dreyfus code of ethics restricts the personal securities transactions of its employees, and requires portfolio managers and other investment personnel to comply with the code’s preclearance and disclosure procedures.The primary purpose of the code is to ensure that personal trading by Dreyfus employees does not disadvantage any Dreyfus-managed fund.

The Fund 5


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

This table describes the fund’s performance for the fiscal periods indicated. “Total Return” shows how much your investment in the fund would have increased (or decreased) during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and distributions. These figures have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the fund’s financial statements, is included in the annual report, which is available upon request.

            Year Ended March 31,     
        2006    2005    2004    2003    2002 







Per-Share Data ($):                         
Net asset value, beginning of period    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00 
Investment operations:    Investment income — net    .021    .008    .004    .008    .016 


Distributions:    Dividends from investment income — net    (.021)    (.008)    (.004)    (.008)    (.016) 


Net asset value, end of period    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00 
Total Return (%)        2.09    .81    .43    .81    1.58 







Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):                     
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets    .65    .67    .67    .68    .64 





Ratio of net expenses to average net assets    .65    .66    .67    .68    .64 


Ratio of net investment income to average net assets    2.07    .81    .43    .81    1.55 






Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)    157,212    173,622    140,498    146,246    201,387 

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Your Investment

ACCOUNT POLICIES
Buying shares

You pay no sales charges to invest in this fund. Your price for fund shares is the fund’s net asset value per share (NAV), which is generally calculated as of 12:00 noon Eastern time on days the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular business. Your order will be priced at the next NAV calculated after your order is received in proper form by the fund’s transfer agent or other authorized entity. The fund’s portfolio securities are valued based on amortized cost, which does not take into account unrealized gains or losses.As a result, portfolio securities are valued at their acquisition cost and adjusted for discounts or premiums reflected in their purchase price. This method of valuation is designed for the fund to be able to price its shares at $1.00 per share. Because the fund seeks tax-exempt income, it is not recommended for purchase in IRAs or other qualified retirement plans.

  Concepts to understand

Net asset value (NAV): a mutual fund’s share price on a given day. A fund’s NAV is calculated by dividing the value of its net assets by the number of its existing shares outstanding.

When calculating its NAV, the fund compares the NAV using amortized cost to its NAV using available market quotations or market equivalents which generally are provided by an independent pricing service approved by the fund’s board. The pricing service’s procedures are reviewed under the general supervision of the board.

Minimum investments     
Initial    Additional 


Regular accounts $2,500    $100 
Dreyfus automatic $100 $100 
investment plans     

All investments must be in U.S. dollars. Third-party checks cannot be accepted. You may be charged a fee for any check that does not clear. Maximum Dreyfus TeleTransfer purchase is $150,000 per day.

Third-party investments

If you invest through a third party (rather than directly with Dreyfus), the policies and fees may be different than those described herein. Banks, brokers, financial advisers and financial supermarkets may charge transaction fees and may set different minimum investments or limitations on buying or selling shares. Consult a representative of your financial institution for further information.

Your Investment 7


  ACCOUNT POLICIES (continued)

Selling shares

You may sell (redeem) shares at any time. Your shares will be sold at the next NAV calculated after your order is received in proper form by the fund’s transfer agent or other authorized entity. Any certificates representing fund shares being sold must be returned with your redemption request.Your order will be processed promptly and you will generally receive the proceeds within a week.

Before selling or writing a check against shares recently purchased by check, Dreyfus TeleTransfer or Automatic Asset Builder, please note that:

if you send a written request to sell such shares, the fund may delay selling the shares for up to eight business days following the purchase of those shares

  • the fund will not honor redemption checks, or process wire, telephone, online or Dreyfus TeleTransfer redemption requests, for up to eight business days following the purchase of those shares
Limitations on selling shares by phone 
or online through www.dreyfus.com 
 
Proceeds    Minimum    Maximum 
sent by    phone/online    phone/online 



 
Check*    no minimum    $250,000 per day 
Wire    $1,000    $500,000 for joint 
        accounts every 30 days/ 
        $20,000 per day 
Dreyfus    $500    $500,000 for joint 
TeleTransfer        accounts every 30 days/ 
        $20,000 per day 
 
* Not available online on accounts whose address has been changed 
within the last 30 days.     

Written sell orders

Some circumstances require written sell orders along with signature guarantees. These include:

  • amounts of $10,000 or more on accounts whose address has been changed within the last 30 days
  • requests to send the proceeds to a different payee or address

Written sell orders of $100,000 or more must also be signature guaranteed.

A signature guarantee helps protect against fraud. You can obtain one from most banks or securities dealers, but not from a notary public. For joint accounts, each signature must be guaranteed. Please call us to ensure that your signature guarantee will be processed correctly.

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General policies

Unless you decline teleservice privileges on your application, the fund’s transfer agent is authorized to act on telephone or online instructions from any person representing himself or herself to be you and reasonably believed by the transfer agent to be genuine. You may be responsible for any fraudulent telephone or online order as long as the fund’s transfer agent takes reasonable measures to confirm that instructions are genuine.

Money market funds generally are used by investors for short-term investments, often in place of bank checking or savings accounts, or for cash management purposes. Investors value the ability to add and withdraw their funds quickly, without restriction. For this reason, although Dreyfus discourages excessive trading and other abusive trading practices, the fund has not adopted policies and procedures, or imposed redemption fees or other restrictions such as minimum holding periods, to deter frequent purchases and redemptions of fund shares. Dreyfus also believes that money market funds, such as the fund, are not targets of abusive trading practices, because money market funds seek to maintain a $1.00 per share price and typically do not fluctuate in value based on market prices. However, frequent purchases and redemptions of the fund’s shares could increase the fund’s transaction costs, such as market spreads and custodial fees, and may interfere with the efficient management of the fund’s portfolio, which could detract from the fund’s performance. Accordingly, the fund reserves the right to refuse any purchase or exchange request. Funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds that are not money market mutual funds have approved policies and procedures that are intended to discourage and prevent abusive trading practices in those mutual funds, which may apply to exchanges from or into the fund. If you plan to exchange your fund shares for shares of another Dreyfus fund, please read the prospectus of that other Dreyfus fund for more information.

The fund also reserves the right to:

  • refuse any purchase or exchange request
  • change or discontinue its exchange privilege, or temporarily suspend the privilege during unusu- al market conditions
  • change its minimum or maximum investment amounts
  • delay sending out redemption proceeds for up to seven days (generally applies only during unusual market conditions or in cases of very large redemptions or excessive trading)
  • “redeem in kind,” or make payments in securities rather than cash, if the amount redeemed is large enough to affect fund operations (for example, if it exceeds 1% of the fund’s assets)

The fund may also process purchase and sale orders and calculate its NAV on days that the fund’s primary trading markets are open and the fund’s management determines to do so.

Small account policies

To offset the relatively higher costs of servicing smaller accounts, the fund charges regular accounts with balances below $2,000 an annual fee of $12. The fee will be imposed during the fourth quarter of each calendar year.

The fee will be waived for: any investor whose aggregate Dreyfus mutual fund investments total at least $25,000; accounts participating in automatic investment programs; and accounts opened through a financial institution.

If your account falls below $500, the fund may ask you to increase your balance. If it is still below $500 after 30 days, the fund may close your account and send you the proceeds.

Your Investment 9


DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES

The fund earns dividends, interest and other income from its investments, and distributes this income (less expenses) to shareholders as dividends. The fund also realizes capital gains from its investments, and distributes these gains (less any losses) to shareholders as capital gain distributions. The fund normally pays dividends once a month and capital gain distributions annually. Fund dividends and capital gain distributions will be reinvested in the fund unless you instruct the fund otherwise.There are no fees or sales charges on reinvestments.

The fund anticipates that virtually all dividends paid to you will be exempt from federal and California personal income taxes. However, for federal tax purposes, certain distributions, such as distributions of short-term capital gains, are taxable to you as ordinary income, while long-term capital gains are taxable to you as capital gains.

For California personal income tax purposes, distributions derived from interest on municipal securities of California issuers and from interest on qualifying securities issued by U.S. territories and possessions are generally exempt from tax. Distributions that are federally taxable as ordinary income or capital gains are generally subject to California personal income tax.

The tax status of any distribution generally is the same regardless of how long you have been in the fund and whether you reinvest your distributions or take them in cash.

If you buy shares of a fund when the fund has realized but not yet distributed income or capital gains, you will be “buying a dividend” by paying the full price for the shares and then receiving a portion back in the form of a taxable distribution.

Your sale of shares, including exchanges into other funds, may result in a capital gain or loss for tax purposes. A capital gain or loss on your investment in the fund generally is the difference between the cost of your shares and the amount you receive when you sell them.

The tax status of your distributions will be detailed in your annual tax statement from the fund. Because everyone’s tax situation is unique, please consult your tax advisor before investing.

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SERVICES FOR FUND INVESTORS

Automatic services

Buying or selling shares automatically is easy with the services described below. With each service, you select a schedule and amount, subject to certain restrictions. You can set up most of these services with your application or by calling

1-800-645-6561.

For investing     
 
Dreyfus Automatic    For making automatic investments 
Asset Builder®    from a designated bank account. 
 
Dreyfus Payroll    For making automatic investments 
Savings Plan    through a payroll deduction. 
 
Dreyfus Government    For making automatic investments 
Direct Deposit    from your federal employment, 
Privilege    Social Security or other regular 
    federal government check. 
 
Dreyfus Dividend    For automatically reinvesting the 
Sweep    dividends and distributions from 
    one Dreyfus fund into another 
    (not available for IRAs). 


 
For exchanging shares 
 
Dreyfus Auto-    For making regular exchanges from 
Exchange Privilege    one Dreyfus fund into another. 


 
For selling shares     
 
Dreyfus Automatic    For making regular withdrawals 
Withdrawal Plan    from most Dreyfus funds. 

  Dreyfus Financial Centers

Through a nationwide network of Dreyfus Financial Centers, Dreyfus offers a full array of investment services and products. This includes information on mutual funds, brokerage services, tax-advantaged products and retirement planning.

Experienced financial advisers can help you make informed choices and provide you with personalized attention in handling account transactions. The Financial Centers also offer informative seminars and events. To find the Financial Center nearest you, call 1-800-499-3327.

Checkwriting privilege

You may write redemption checks against your account in amounts of $500 or more.These checks are free; however, a fee will be charged if you request a stop payment or if the transfer agent cannot honor a redemption check due to insufficient funds or another valid reason. Please do not postdate your checks or use them to close your account.

Exchange privilege

You can exchange shares worth $500 or more from one Dreyfus fund into another. You can request your exchange in writing, by phone or online. Be sure to read the current prospectus for any fund into which you are exchanging before investing. Any new account established through an exchange will have the same privileges as your original account (as long as they are available).There is currently no fee for exchanges, although you may be charged a sales load when exchanging into any fund that has one.

Dreyfus TeleTransfer privilege

To move money between your bank account and your Dreyfus fund account with a phone call or online, use the Dreyfus TeleTransfer privilege. You can set up Dreyfus TeleTransfer on your account by providing bank account information and following the instructions on your application.

Dreyfus Express® voice-activated account access

You can easily manage your Dreyfus accounts, check your account balances, transfer money between your Dreyfus funds, get price and yield information and much more — when it’s convenient for you — by calling 1-800-645-6561. Certain requests may require the services of a representative.

Your Investment 11


INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGULAR ACCOUNTS

Concepts to understand

Wire transfer: for transferring money from one financial institution to another. Wiring is the fastest way to move money, although your bank may charge a fee to send or receive wire transfers. Wire redemptions from the fund are subject to a $1,000 minimum.

Electronic check: for transferring money out of a bank account. Your transaction is entered electronically, but may take up to eight business days to clear. Electronic checks usually are available without a fee at all Automated Clearing House (ACH) banks.

To reach Dreyfus, call toll free in the U.S. 
1-800-645-6561 
Outside the U.S. 516-794-5452 
Make checks payable to: 
The Dreyfus Family of Funds 
You also can deliver requests to any Dreyfus Financial Center. 
Because processing time may vary, please ask the representative 
when your account will be credited or debited. 

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Your Investment 13


For More Information

Dreyfus California Tax Exempt 
Money Market Fund 

SEC file number: 811-4216 

More information on this fund is available free upon request, including the following:

Annual/Semiannual Report

Describes the fund’s performance, lists portfolio holdings and contains a letter from the fund’s manager discussing recent market conditions, economic trends and fund strategies that significantly affected the fund’s performance during the last fiscal year.The fund’s most recent annual and semi-annual reports are available at www.dreyfus.com.

Statement of Additional Information (SAI)

Provides more details about the fund and its policies. A current SAI is available at www.dreyfus.com and is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SAI is incorporated by reference (is legally considered part of this prospectus).

Portfolio Holdings

The fund will disclose its complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as reported on a month-end basis, at www.dreyfus.com, under Mutual Fund Center – Dreyfus Mutual Funds – Mutual Fund Total Holdings. The information will be posted with a one-month lag and will remain accessible until the fund files a report on Form N-Q or Form N-CSR for the period that includes the date as of which the information was current. In addition, fifteen days following the end of each calendar quarter, the fund will publicly disclose at www.dreyfus.com its complete schedule of portfolio holdings as of the end of such quarter.

A complete description of the fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the fund’s portfolio securities is available in the fund’s SAI.

  To obtain information:
By telephone 
Call 1-800-645-6561 

By mail Write to: 
The Dreyfus Family of Funds 
144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard 
Uniondale, NY 11556-0144 

By E-mail Send your request to info@dreyfus.com

On the Internet Text-only versions of certain fund documents can be viewed online or downloaded from: SEC http://www.sec.gov Dreyfus http://www.dreyfus.com

You can also obtain copies, after paying a duplicating fee, by visiting the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (for information, call 1-202-551-8090) or by E-mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing to the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

© 2006 Dreyfus Service Corporation


DREYFUS CALIFORNIA TAX EXEMPT MONEY MARKET FUND

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
AUGUST 1, 2006

This Statement of Additional Information, which is not a prospectus, supplements and should be read in conjunction with the current Prospectus of Dreyfus California Tax Exempt Money Market Fund (the "Fund"), dated August 1, 2006, as the Prospectus may be revised from time to time. To obtain a copy of the Fund's Prospectus, please call your financial adviser, write to the Fund at 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144, visit www.dreyfus.com, or call toll free 1-800-645-6561.

The Fund's most recent Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders are separate documents supplied with this Statement of Additional Information, and the financial statements, accompanying notes and report of the independent registered public accounting firm appearing in the Annual Report are incorporated by reference into this Statement of Additional Information.

TABLE OF CONTENTS     
    Page 
 
Description of the Fund    B-2 
Management of the Fund    B-9 
Management Arrangements    B-16 
How to Buy Shares    B-19 
Shareholder Services Plan    B-22 
How to Redeem Shares    B-22 
Shareholder Services    B-25 
Determination of Net Asset Value    B-28 
Dividends, Distributions and Taxes    B-29 
Portfolio Transactions    B-30 
Information About the Fund    B-34 
Counsel and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    B-35 
Appendix A    B-36 
Appendix B    B-37 


DESCRIPTION OF THE FUND

The Fund is a Massachusetts business trust that commenced operations on January 17, 1986. The Fund is an open-end, management investment company, known as a tax exempt money market mutual fund. As a tax exempt money market fund, the Fund invests in debt obligations issued by states, territories and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, or multistate agencies or authorities, and certain other specified securities, the interest from which is, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, exempt from Federal income tax ("Municipal Obligations"). The Fund is a diversified fund, which means that, with respect to 75% of its total assets, the Fund will not invest more than 5% of its assets in the securities of any single issuer or hold more than 10% of the voting securities of any single issuer (other than, in each case, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S Government, its agencies or instrumentalities).

The Dreyfus Corporation (the "Manager") serves as the Fund's investment adviser.

Dreyfus Service Corporation (the "Distributor") is the distributor of the Fund's shares.

Certain Portfolio Securities

The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the Fund's Prospectus.

California Municipal Obligations. As a fundamental policy, the Fund normally invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in the Municipal Obligations of the State of California, its political subdivisions, authorities and corporations, and certain other specified securities, that provide income exempt from Federal and State of California personal income taxes (collectively, "California Municipal Obligations"). To the extent acceptable California Municipal Obligations are at any time unavailable for investment by the Fund, the Fund will invest temporarily in other Municipal Obligations the interest from which is, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, exempt from Federal, but not State of California, personal income tax. Municipal Obligations generally include debt obligations issued to obtain funds for various public purposes as well as certain industrial development bonds issued by or on behalf of public authorities. Municipal Obligations are classified as general obligation bonds, revenue bonds and notes. General obligation bonds are secured by the issuer's pledge of its full faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest. Revenue bonds are payable from the revenue derived from a particular facility or class of facilities or, in some cases, from the proceeds of a special excise or other specific revenue source, but not from the general taxing power. Tax exempt industrial development bonds, in most cases, are revenue bonds that do not carry the pledge of the credit of the issuing municipality, but generally are guaranteed by the corporate entity on whose behalf they are issued. Notes are short-term instruments which are obligations of the issuing municipalities or agencies and are sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes or receipt of other revenues. Municipal Obligations include municipal lease/purchase agreements, which are similar to installment purchase contracts for property or equipment issued by municipalities. Municipal Obligations bear fixed, floating or variable rates of interest.


     The yields on Municipal Obligations are dependent on a variety of factors, including general economic and monetary conditions, money market factors, conditions in the Municipal Obligations market, size of a particular offering, maturity of the obligation, and rating of the issue.

     Municipal Obligations include certain private activity bonds (a type of revenue bond), the income from which is subject to the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The Fund may invest up to 20% of the value of its net assets in such Municipal Obligations and, except for temporary defensive purposes, in other investments subject to Federal income tax.

Certain Tax Exempt Obligations. The Fund may purchase floating and variable rate demand notes and bonds, which are tax exempt obligations ordinarily having stated maturities in excess of 13 months, but which permit the holder to demand payment of principal at any time, or at specified intervals not exceeding 13 months, in each case upon not more than 30 days' notice. Variable rate demand notes include master demand notes which are obligations that permit the Fund to invest fluctuating amounts, at varying rates of interest, pursuant to direct arrangements between the Fund, as lender, and the borrower. These obligations permit daily changes in the amount borrowed. Because these obligations are direct lending arrangements between the lender and borrower, it is not contemplated that such instruments generally will be traded, and there generally is no established secondary market for these obligations, although they are redeemable at face value, plus accrued interest. Accordingly, where these obligations are not secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements, the Fund's right to redeem is dependent on the ability of the borrower to pay principal and interest on demand. Each obligation purchased by the Fund will meet the quality criteria established for the purchase of Municipal Obligations.

Derivative Products. The Fund may purchase various derivative products whose value is tied to underlying Municipal Obligations. The Fund will purchase only those derivative products that are consistent with its investment objective and policies and comply with the quality, maturity and diversification standards of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). The principal types of derivative products are described below.

     (1) Tax Exempt Participation Interests. Tax exempt participation interests (such as industrial development bonds and municipal lease/purchase agreements) give the Fund an undivided interest in a Municipal Obligation in the proportion that the Fund’s participation interest bears to the total principal amount of the Municipal Obligation. Participation interests may have fixed, floating or variable rates of interest, and are frequently backed by an irrevocable letter of credit or guarantee of a bank.

     (2) Tender Option Bonds. Tender option bonds grant the holder an option to tender an underlying Municipal Obligation at par plus accrued interest at specified intervals to a financial institution that acts as a liquidity provider. The holder of a tender option bond effectively holds a demand obligation that bears interest at the prevailing short-term tax exempt rate.

     (3) Custodial Receipts. In a typical custodial receipt arrangement, an issuer of a Municipal Obligation deposits it with a custodian in exchange for two classes of custodial


receipts. One class has the characteristics of a typical auction rate security, where at specified intervals its interest rate is adjusted and ownership changes. The other class’s interest rate also is adjusted, but inversely to changes in the interest rate of the first class.

     (4) Structured Notes. Structured notes typically are purchased in privately negotiated transactions from financial institutions and, therefore, may not have an active trading market. When the Fund purchases a structured note, it will make a payment of principal to the counterparty. Some structured notes have a guaranteed repayment of principal while others place a portion (or all) of the principal at risk. The possibility of default by the counterparty or its credit provider may be greater for structured notes than for other types of money market instruments.

Ratings of Municipal Obligations. The Fund may invest only in those Municipal Obligations which are rated in one of the two highest rating categories for debt obligations by at least two rating organizations (or one rating organization if the instrument was rated by only one such organization) or, if unrated, are of comparable quality as determined in accordance with procedures established by the Fund's Board.

The average distribution of investments (at value) in Municipal Obligations by rating for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, computed on a monthly basis, was as follows:

        Moody's        Standard     
Fitch        Investors        & Poor's     
Ratings    or    Service, Inc.    or    Ratings Services    Percentage 
("Fitch")        ("Moody's")        ("S&P")    of Value 
F-1+/F-1        VMIG 1/MIG 1,P-1    SP-1+/SP-1,A-1+/A-1    95.4% 
AAA        Aaa        AAA     
Not Rated        Not Rated        Not Rated    3.3% 
                    1.3%1 
                    100.0% 

     If, subsequent to its purchase by the Fund, (a) an issue of rated Municipal Obligations ceases to be rated in the highest rating category by at least two rating organizations (or one rating organization if the instrument was rated by only one such organization) or the Fund's Board determines that it is no longer of comparable quality or (b) the Manager becomes aware that any portfolio security not so highly rated or any unrated security has been given a rating by any rating organization below the rating organization's second highest rating category, the Fund's Board will reassess promptly whether such security presents minimal credit risk and will cause the Fund to take such action as it determines is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders; provided that the reassessment required by clause (b) is not required if the portfolio security is disposed of or matures within five business days of the Manager becoming aware of the new rating and the Fund's Board is subsequently notified of the Manager's actions.

To the extent the ratings given by Moody's, S&P or Fitch (collectively the "Rating Agencies") for Municipal Obligations may change as a result of changes in such organizations or their rating systems, the Fund will attempt to use comparable ratings as standards for its investments in accordance with the investment policies described in the Fund's Prospectus and

1 Included in the not rated category are securities which, while not rated, all have been determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality to securities in the VMIG 1/MIG 1 category.


this Statement of Additional Information. The ratings of the Rating Agencies represent their opinions as to the quality of the Municipal Obligations which they undertake to rate. It should be emphasized, however, that ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. Although these ratings may be an initial criterion for selection of portfolio investments, the Manager also will evaluate these securities and the creditworthiness of the issuers of such securities.

     Taxable Investments. From time to time, on a temporary basis other than for temporary defensive purposes (but not to exceed 20% of the value of the Fund's net assets) or for temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may invest in taxable short-term investments ("Taxable Investments") consisting of: notes of issuers having, at the time of purchase, a quality rating within the two highest grades of a Rating Agency; obligations of the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; commercial paper rated not lower than P-1 by Moody's, A-1 by S&P or F-1 by Fitch; certificates of deposit of U.S. domestic banks, including foreign branches of domestic banks, with assets of $1 billion or more; time deposits; bankers' acceptances and other short-term bank obligations; and repurchase agreements in respect of any of the foregoing. Dividends paid by the Fund that are attributable to income earned by the Fund from Taxable Investments will be taxable to investors. See "Dividends, Distributions and Taxes." Except for temporary defensive purposes, at no time will more than 20% of the value of the Fund's net assets be invested in Taxable Investments and Municipal Obligations the interest from which gives rise to a preference item for the purpose of the alternative minimum tax. If the Fund purchases Taxable Investments, it will value them using the amortized cost method and comply with the provisions of Rule 2a-7 relating to purchases of taxable instruments. When the Fund has adopted a temporary defensive position, including when acceptable California Municipal Obligations are unavailable for investment by the Fund, in excess of 20% of the Fund's net assets may be invested in securities that are not exempt from California income tax. Under normal market conditions, the Fund anticipates that not more than 5% of the value of its total assets will be invested in any one category of Taxable Investments.

Illiquid Securities. The Fund may invest up to 10% of the value of its net assets in securities as to which a liquid trading market does not exist, provided such investments are consistent with the Fund's investment objective. Such securities may include securities that are not readily marketable, such as securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, and repurchase agreements providing for settlement in more than seven days after notice. As to these securities, the Fund is subject to a risk that should the Fund desire to sell them when a ready buyer is not available at a price the Fund deems representative of their value, the value of the Fund's net assets could be adversely affected.

Investment Techniques

The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the Fund's Prospectus. The Fund’s use of certain of the investment techniques described below may give rise to taxable income.

Borrowing Money. The Fund may borrow money from banks, but only for temporary or emergency (not leveraging) purposes, in an amount up to 15% of the value of its total assets


(including the amount borrowed) valued at the lesser of cost or market, less liabilities (not including the amount borrowed) at the time the borrowing is made. While such borrowings exceed 5% of the Fund's total assets, the Fund will not make any additional investments.

Stand-By Commitments. The Fund may acquire "stand-by commitments" with respect to Municipal Obligations held in its portfolio. Under a stand-by commitment, the Fund obligates a broker, dealer or bank to repurchase, at the Fund's option, specified securities at a specified price and, in this respect, stand-by commitments are comparable to put options. The exercise of a stand-by commitment therefore is subject to the ability of the seller to make payment on demand. The Fund will acquire stand-by commitments solely to facilitate portfolio liquidity and does not intend to exercise its rights thereunder for trading purposes. The Fund may pay for stand-by commitments if such action is deemed necessary, thus increasing to a degree the cost of the underlying Municipal Obligation and similarly decreasing such security's yield to investors. Gains realized in connection with stand-by commitments will be taxable.

Forward Commitments. The Fund may purchase Municipal Obligations and other securities on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed delivery basis, which means that delivery and payment take place a number of days after the date of the commitment to purchase. The payment obligation and the interest rate receivable on a forward commitment, when-issued, or delayed delivery security are fixed when the Fund enters into the commitment, but the Fund does not make payment until it receives delivery from the counterparty. The Fund will commit to purchase such securities only with the intention of actually acquiring the securities, but the Fund may sell these securities before the settlement date if it is deemed advisable. The Fund will segregate permissible liquid assets at least equal at all times to the amount of the Fund's purchase commitments.

Municipal Obligations and other securities purchased on a forward commitment, when-issued, or delayed delivery basis are subject to changes in value (generally changing in the same way, i.e., appreciating when interest rates decline and depreciating when interest rates rise) based upon the public's perception of the creditworthiness of the issuer and changes, real or anticipated, in the level of interest rates. Securities purchased on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed delivery basis may expose the Fund to risks because they may experience such fluctuations prior to their actual delivery. Purchasing securities on a forward commitment, when-issued, or delayed delivery basis can involve the additional risk that the yield available in the market when the delivery takes place actually may be higher than that obtained in the transaction itself. Purchasing securities on a forward commitment, when-issued, or delayed delivery basis when the Fund is fully or almost fully invested may result in greater potential fluctuation in the value of the Fund's net assets and its net asset value per share.

Certain Investment Considerations and Risks

General. The Fund attempts to increase yields by trading to take advantage of short-term market variations. This policy is expected to result in high portfolio turnover but should not adversely affect the Fund since the Fund usually does not pay brokerage commissions when purchasing short-term obligations. The value of the portfolio securities held by the Fund will


vary inversely to changes in prevailing interest rates. Thus, if interest rates have increased from the time a security was purchased, each security, if sold, might be sold at a price less than its cost. Similarly, if interest rates have declined from the time a security was purchased, such security, if sold, might be sold at a price greater than its purchase cost. In either instance, if the security was purchased at face value and held to maturity, no gain or loss would be realized.

     Investing in Municipal Obligations. The Fund may invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in Municipal Obligations which are related in such a way that an economic, business or political development or change affecting one such security also would affect the other securities; for example, securities the interest upon which is paid from revenues of similar types of projects. As a result, the Fund may be subject to greater risk as compared to a municipal money market fund that does not follow this practice.

Certain municipal lease/purchase obligations in which the Fund may invest contain "non-appropriation" clauses which provide that the municipality has no obligation to make lease payments in future years unless money is appropriated for such purpose on a yearly basis. Although "non-appropriation" lease/purchase obligations are secured by the leased property, disposition of the leased property in the event of foreclosure might prove difficult. In evaluating the credit quality of a municipal lease/purchase obligation that is unrated, the Manager will consider, on an ongoing basis, a number of factors including the likelihood that the issuing municipality will discontinue appropriating funds for the leased property.

     Certain provisions in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), relating to the issuance of Municipal Obligations may reduce the volume of Municipal Obligations qualifying for Federal tax exemption. One effect of these provisions could be to increase the cost of the Municipal Obligations available for purchase by the Fund and thus reduce available yield. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers concerning the effect of these provisions on an investment in the Fund. Proposals that may restrict or eliminate the income tax exemption for interest on Municipal Obligations may be introduced in the future. If any such proposal were enacted that would reduce the availability of Municipal Obligations for investment by the Fund so as to adversely affect Fund shareholders, the Fund would reevaluate its investment objective and policies and submit possible changes in the Fund's structure to shareholders for their consideration. If legislation were enacted that would treat a type of Municipal Obligation as taxable, the Fund would treat such security as a permissible Taxable Investment within the applicable limits set forth herein.

Investing in California Municipal Obligations. Since the Fund is concentrated in securities issued by California or entities within California, an investment in the Fund may involve greater risk than investments in certain other types of municipal money market funds. You should consider carefully the special risks inherent in the Fund's investment in California Municipal Obligations. You should review "Appendix A" which provides a brief summary of special investment considerations and risk factors relating to investing in California Municipal Obligations.

Simultaneous Investments. Investment decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of the other investment companies advised by the Manager. If, however, such other


investment companies desire to invest in, or dispose of, the same securities as the Fund, available investments or opportunities for sales will be allocated equitably to each investment company. In some cases, this procedure may adversely affect the size of the position obtained for or disposed of by the Fund or the price paid or received by the Fund.

Investment Restrictions

The Fund's investment objective, and its policy to normally invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in California Municipal Obligations (or other instruments with similar economic characteristics) are fundamental policies, which cannot be changed without approval by the holders of a majority (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund's outstanding voting shares. In addition, the Fund has adopted investment restrictions numbered 1 through 10 as fundamental policies. Investment restrictions numbered 11 and 12 are not fundamental policies and may be changed by a vote of a majority of the Fund's Board members at any time. The Fund may not:

1. Purchase securities other than Municipal Obligations and Taxable Investments as those terms are defined above and in the Fund's Prospectus.

2. Borrow money, except from banks for temporary or emergency (not leveraging) purposes in an amount up to 15% of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the amount borrowed) based on the lesser of cost or market, less liabilities (not including the amount borrowed) at the time the borrowing is made. While borrowings exceed 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets, the Fund will not make any additional investments.

3. Sell securities short or purchase securities on margin.

4. Underwrite the securities of other issuers, except that the Fund may bid separately or as part of a group for the purchase of Municipal Obligations directly from an issuer for its own portfolio to take advantage of the lower purchase price available.

5. Purchase or sell real estate, real estate investment trust securities, commodities or commodity contracts, or oil and gas interests, but this shall not prevent the Fund from investing in Municipal Obligations secured by real estate or interests therein.

6. Make loans to others, except through the purchase of qualified debt obligations and the entry into repurchase agreements referred to above and in the Fund's Prospectus.

7. Invest more than 15% of its assets in the obligations of any one bank for temporary defensive purposes, or invest more than 5% of its assets in the obligations of any other issuer, except that up to 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets may be invested, and securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities may be purchased, without regard to any such limitations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund will not invest more than 5% of its assets in the obligations of any one bank, except that up to 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets may be invested without regard to such limitation.


8. Invest more than 25% of its total assets in the securities of issuers in any single industry; provided that there shall be no such limitation on the purchase of Municipal Obligations and, for temporary defensive purposes, securities issued by banks and obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities.

9. Invest in companies for the purpose of exercising control.

10. Invest in securities of other investment companies, except as they may be acquired as part of a merger, consolidation or acquisition of assets.

11. Pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise encumber its assets, except to the extent necessary to secure permitted borrowings.

12. Enter into repurchase agreements providing for settlement in more than seven days after notice or purchase securities which are illiquid if, in the aggregate, more than 10% of the value of the Fund's net assets would be so invested.

For purposes of Investment Restriction No. 8, industrial development bonds, where the payment of principal and interest is the ultimate responsibility of companies within the same industry, are grouped together as an "industry."

If a percentage restriction is adhered to at the time of investment, a later change in percentage resulting from a change in values or assets will not constitute a violation of such restriction.

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

The Fund's Board is responsible for the management and supervision of the Fund, and approves all significant agreements with those companies that furnish services to the Fund. These companies are as follows:

The Dreyfus Corporation    Investment Adviser 
Dreyfus Service Corporation    Distributor 
Dreyfus Transfer, Inc    Transfer Agent 
The Bank of New York    Custodian 

Board members of the Fund, together with information as to their positions with the Fund, principal occupations and other board memberships and affiliations, are shown below.

Board Members of the Fund          
Name (Age)    Principal Occupation    Other Board Memberships and 
Position with Fund (Since)    During Past 5 Years    Affiliations . 

None of the Board members are "interested persons" of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act.


Name (Age)    Principal Occupation    Other Board Memberships and 
Position with Fund (Since)    During Past 5 Years    Affiliations . 
 
Joseph S. DiMartino (62)    Corporate Director and    The Muscular Dystrophy Association, 
Chairman of the Board    Trustee        Director 
(1995)            Levcor International, Inc., 
            an apparel fabric processor, Director 
            Century Business Services, Inc., a 
            provider of outsourcing functions for 
            small and medium size companies, 
            Director 
            The Newark Group, a provider of a 
            national market of paper recovery 
            facilities, paperboard mills and 
            paperboard converting plants, Director 
            Sunair Services Corporation, engaging in 
            the design, manufacture and sale of high 
            frequency systems for long-range voice 
            and data communications, as well as 
            providing certain outdoor-related 
            services to homes and businesses, 
            Director 
 
David W. Burke (70)    Corporate Director and Trustee    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, 
Board Member (1994)            Director 
            U.S.S. Constitution Museum, Director 
 
 
William Hodding Carter III (71)Professor of Leadership and Public     
Board Member (1988)    Policy, University of North Carolina, The Century Foundation, Emeritus Director 
    Chapel Hill    The Enterprise Corporation of the Delta, 
    (January 1, 2006- Present)    Director 
    President and Chief Executive Officer     
    of the John S. and James L. Knight     
    Foundation (February 1, 1998-     
    February 1, 2005)     
 
Ehud Houminer (65)    Executive-in-Residence at the    Avnet Inc., an electronics distributor, 
Board Member (1996)    Columbia    Business School,    Director 
    Columbia    University    International Advisory Board to the MBA 
        Program, School of Management, Ben 
        Gurion University, Chairman 
        Explore Charter School, Brooklyn, NY, 
            Chairman 
 
Name (Age)    Principal Occupation    Other Board Memberships and 
Position with Fund (Since)    During Past 5 Years    Affiliations . 
 
Richard C. Leone (66)    President of The Century Foundation    The American Prospect, Director 


Name (Age)    Principal Occupation    Other Board Memberships and 
Position with Fund (Since)    During Past 5 Years    Affiliations . 
 
Board Member (1976)    (formerly, The Twentieth Century    Center for American Progress, Director 
    Fund, Inc.), a tax exempt research     
    foundation engaged in the study of     
    economic, foreign policy and     
    domestic issues     
 
Hans C. Mautner (68)    President – International Division    Capital and Regional PLC, a British co- 
Board Member (1978)    and an Advisory Director of Simon    investing real estate asset manager, 
    Property Group, a real estate    Director 
    investment company (1998-    Member - Board of Managers 
    present)    Mezzacappa Long/Short Fund LLC 
    Director and Vice Chairman of     
    Simon Property Group (1998-     
    2003)     
    Chairman and Chief Executive     
    Officer of Simon Global Limited     
    (1999-present)     
 
 
Robin A. Melvin (42)        None 
Board Member (1995)         
    Director, Boisi Family     
    foundation, a private family     
    foundation that supports youth-     
    serving organizations that promote     
    the self sufficiency of youth from     
    disadvantaged circumstances     
 
John E. Zuccotti (69)    Chairman of Brookfield Financial    None 
Board Member (1984)    Properties, Inc.     
    Senior Counsel of Weil, Gotshal &     
    Manges, LLP     
    Chairman of the Real Estate Board     
    of New York     

Board members are elected to serve for an indefinite term. The Fund has standing audit, nominating and compensation committees, each comprised of its Board members who are not "interested persons" of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act. The function of the audit committee is (i) to oversee the Fund’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the Fund’s financial statements and (ii) to assist in the Board’s oversight of the integrity of the Fund’s financial statements, the Fund’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications, independence and performance. The Fund’s nominating committee is responsible for selecting and nominating persons as members of the Board for election or appointment by the


Board and for election by shareholders. In evaluating potential nominees, including any nominees recommended by shareholders, the committee takes into consideration various factors listed in the nominating committee charter, including character and integrity, business and professional experience, and whether the committee believes the person has the ability to apply sound and independent business judgment and would act in the interest of the Fund and its shareholders. The nominating committee will consider recommendations for nominees from shareholders submitted to the Secretary of the Fund, c/o The Dreyfus Corporation Legal Department, 200 Park Avenue, 8th Floor East, New York, New York 10166, which includes information regarding the recommended nominee as specified in the nominating committee charter. The function of the compensation committee is to establish the appropriate compensation for serving on the Board. The Fund also has a standing evaluation committee comprised of any one Board member. The function of the evaluation committee is to assist in valuing the Fund's investments. The Fund’s audit committee met four times during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. The nominating, compensation and evaluation committees did not meet during the last fiscal year.

The table below indicates the dollar range of each Board member’s ownership of Fund shares and shares of other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which he or she is a Board member, in each case as of December 31, 2005.

        Aggregate Holdings of Funds in the 
Name of Board Member    Fund    Dreyfus Family of Funds for which 
        Responsible as a Board Member 
Joseph S. DiMartino    None    Over $100,000 
David W. Burke    None    Over $100,000 
William Hodding Carter III    None    None 
Ehud Houminer    None    Over $100,000 
Richard C. Leone    None    Over $100,000 
Hans C. Mautner    None    Over $100,000 
Robin A. Melvin    None    $1- $10,000 
John E. Zuccotti    None    Over $100,000 

As of December 31, 2005, none of the Board members or their immediate family members owned securities of the Manager, the Distributor or any person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Manager or the Distributor.

     The Fund typically pays its Board members its allocated portion of an annual retainer of $30,000 and a fee of $4,000 per meeting (with a minimum of $500 per meeting and telephone meeting) attended for the Fund and seven other funds (comprised of 11 portfolios) in the Dreyfus


Family of Funds, and reimburses them for their expenses. The Chairman of the Board receives an additional 25% of such compensation. Emeritus Board members, if any, are entitled to receive an annual retainer and per meeting attended fee of one-half the amount paid to them as Board members. The aggregate amount of compensation paid to each Board member by the Fund for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, and by all funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which such person is a Board member (the number of portfolios of such funds is set forth in parenthesis next to each Board member’s total compensation) for the year ended December 31, 2005, were as follows:

            Total Compensation from 
    Aggregate        the Fund and Fund 
Name of Board    Compensation from        Complex Paid to     
Member    the Fund*        Board Member(**) 




Joseph S. DiMartino    $1,643        $ 833,262 
        (190)             
David W. Burke    $1,314        $    287,500    (84) 
William Hodding Carter III    $1,314        $    51,000    (11) 
Ehud Houminer    $1,314        $103,750    (37) 
Richard C. Leone    $1,210        $    47,000    (11) 
Hans C. Mautner    $1,314        $    51,000    (11) 
Robin A. Melvin    $1,106        $    43,000    (11) 
John E. Zuccotti    $1,314        $    51,000    (11) 

_________________
*    Amount does not include the cost of office space, secretarial services and 
    health benefits for the Chairman and expenses reimbursed to Board members for attending Board 
    meetings, which in the aggregate amounted to $ 1,340. 
**    Represents the number of separate portfolios comprising the investment companies in the Fund 
    Complex, including the Fund, for which the Board member serves. 


+    Amounts include compensation received in connection with servicing on a Special Committee of 

Officers of the Fund

STEPHEN E. CANTER, President since March 2000. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Manager, and an officer of 90 investment companies (comprised of 185 portfolios) managed by the Manager. Mr. Canter also is a Board member and, where applicable, 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 60 years old and has been an employee


of the Manager since May 1995.

STEPHEN R. BYERS, Executive Vice President since November 2002. Chief Investment Officer, Vice Chairman and a director of the Manager, and an officer of 90 investment companies (comprised of 186 portfolios) managed by the Manager. Mr. Byers also is an officer, director or an Executive Committee Member of certain other investment management subsidiaries of Mellon Financial Corporation, each of which is an affiliate of the Manager. He is 52 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since January 2000.

MARK N. JACOBS, Vice President since March 2000. Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 60 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since June 1977.

JAMES WINDELS, Treasurer since November 2001. Director-Mutual Fund Accounting of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 47 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since April 1985.

MICHAEL A. ROSENBERG, Vice President and Secretary since August 2005. Associate General Counsel of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 46 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1991.

JAMES BITETTO, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 40 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since December 1996.

JONI LACKS CHARATAN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Associate General Counsel of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 50 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1988.

JOSEPH M. CHIOFFI, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Assistant General Counsel of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 44 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since June 2000.

JANETTE E. FARRAGHER, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Associate General Counsel of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 43 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1984.


JOHN B. HAMMALIAN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Associate General Counsel of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 43 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1991.

ROBERT R. MULLERY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Associate General Counsel of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 54 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since May 1986.

JEFF PRUSNOFSKY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005. Associate General Counsel of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 41 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1990.

GAVIN C. REILLY, Assistant Treasurer since December 2005. Tax Manager of the Investment Accounting and Support Department of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 37 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since April 1991.

ROBERT S. ROBOL, Assistant Treasurer since August 2003. Senior Accounting Manager – Money Market and Municipal Bond Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 91 investment companies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 42 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1988.

WILLIAM GERMENIS, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since September 2002. Vice President and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of the Distributor, and the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of 87 investment companies (comprised of 198 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 35 years old and has been an employee of the Distributor since October 1998.

JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY, Chief Compliance Officer since October 2004. Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager and The Dreyfus Family of Funds (91 investment companies, comprised of 202 portfolios). From November 2001 through March


2004, Mr. Connolly was first Vice-President, Mutual Fund Servicing for Mellon Global Securities Services. In that capacity, Mr. Connolly was responsible for managing Mellon’s Custody, Fund Accounting and Fund Administration services to third-party mutual fund clients. He is 49 years old and has served in various capacities with the Manager since 1980, including manager of the firm’s Fund Accounting Department from 1997 through October 2001.

     The address of each Board member and officer of the Fund is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.

The Fund's Board members and officers, as a group, owned less than 1% of the Fund's voting securities outstanding as of July 5, 2006.

The following shareholders were known by the Fund to own of record 5% or more of the Fund's outstanding voting securities as of July 5, 2006: Hare & Co., c/o The Bank of New York, Short Term Investment Funds, 111 Sanderscreek Pkwy, 2nd Fl., E. Syracuse, New York 13057 ( 15.8867%); National Financial Services Corporation for Exclusive Benefit of our Customers, Attn Mutual Funds Department 5th Floor, One World Financial Center, 200 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1003 (14.9028%);Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Attn. Cash Sweep Department, 733 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479-0001 (13.2392%) ; Pershing LLC, P.O Box 2052, Jersey City, New Jersey 07303-2052 (6.0066%) and Bank of the West Acting as Fiduciary, PO Box 60078, Los Angeles, California 90060-0078 (5.4282%).

MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

Investment Adviser. The Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corporation ("Mellon"). Mellon is a global financial holding company incorporated under Pennsylvania law in 1971 and registered under the Federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. Mellon provides a comprehensive range of financial products and services in domestic and selected international markets.

The Manager provides management services pursuant to a Management Agreement (the "Agreement") between the Fund and the Manager. The Agreement is subject to annual approval by (i) the Fund's Board or (ii) vote of a majority (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund's outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event the continuance also is approved by a majority of the Board members who are not "interested persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or the Manager, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Agreement is terminable without penalty, on not more than 60 days' notice, by the Fund's Board or by vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund's shares, or, on not less than 90 days' notice, by the Manager. The Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).


     The following persons are officers and/or directors of the Manager: Stephen E. Canter, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; Thomas F. Eggers, President, Chief Operating Officer and a director; Jonathan Baum, Vice Chair – Distribution; Stephen R. Byers, Chief Investment Officer, Vice Chair and a director; J. Charles Cardona, Vice Chair and a director; Diane P. Durnin, Vice Chair and a director; J. David Officer, Vice Chair and a director; Mark N. Jacobs, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Patrice M. Kozlowski, Senior Vice President – Corporate Communications; Lisa A. Fox, Vice President – Human Resources; Anthony Mayo, Vice President-Information Systems; Theodore A. Schachar, Vice President-Tax; Alex G. Sciulli, Vice President; Wendy H. Strutt, Vice President; Gary Pierce, Controller; Joseph W. Connolly, Chief Compliance Officer; James Bitetto, Assistant Secretary; and Steven G. Elliott, Robert P. Kelly, David F. Lamere, and Ronald P. O’Hanley III, directors.

The Manager manages the Fund's portfolio of investments in accordance with the stated policies of the Fund, subject to the approval of the Fund's Board members. The Manager is responsible for investment decisions, and provides the Fund with portfolio managers who are authorized by the Board to execute purchases and sales of securities. The Fund's portfolio managers are Joseph P. Darcy, A. Paul Disdier, Douglas J. Gaylor, Joseph Irace, Colleen Meehan, W. Michael Petty, Scott Sprauer, Bill Vasiliou, James Welch and Monica S. Wieboldt. The Manager also maintains a research department with a professional staff of portfolio managers and securities analysts who provide research services for the Fund as well as for other funds advised by the Manager.

The Manager’s Code of Ethics subjects its employees’ personal securities transactions to various restrictions to ensure that such trading does not disadvantage any fund advised by the Manager. In that regard, portfolio managers and other investment personnel of the Manager must preclear and report their personal securities transactions and holdings, which are reviewed for compliance with the Code of Ethics and are also subject to the oversight of Mellon’s Investment Ethics Committee (the “Committee”). Portfolio managers and other investment personnel of the Manager who comply with the preclearance and disclosure procedures of the Code of Ethics and the requirements of the Committee may be permitted to purchase, sell or hold securities which also may be or are held in fund(s) they manage or for which they otherwise provide investment advice.

The Manager maintains office facilities on behalf of the Fund, and furnishes statistical and research data, clerical help, accounting, data processing, bookkeeping and internal auditing and certain other required services to the Fund. The Manager may pay the Distributor for


shareholder services from the Manager's own assets, including past profits but not including the management fee paid by the Fund. The Distributor may use part or all of such payments to pay securities dealers, banks or other financial institutions (collectively, “Service Agents”) in respect of these services. The Manager also may make such advertising and promotional expenditures, using its own resources, as it from time to time deems appropriate.

Expenses. All expenses incurred in the operation of the Fund are borne by the Fund, except to the extent specifically assumed by the Manager. The expenses borne by the Fund include: taxes, interest, brokerage fees and commissions, if any, fees of Board members who are not officers, directors, loan commitment fees, employees or holders of 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Manager, Securities and Exchange Commission fees, state Blue Sky qualification fees, advisory fees, charges of custodians, transfer and dividend disbursing agents' fees, certain insurance premiums, industry association fees, outside auditing and legal expenses, costs of maintaining the Fund's existence, costs of independent pricing services, costs attributable to investor services (including, without limitation, telephone and personnel expenses), costs of shareholders' reports and meetings, costs of preparing and printing prospectuses and statements of additional information for regulatory purposes and for distribution to existing shareholders, and any extraordinary expenses.

As compensation for the Manager's services, the Fund has agreed to pay the Manager a monthly management fee at the annual rate of 0.50% of the value of the Fund's average daily net assets. All fees and expenses are accrued daily and deducted before declaration of dividends to shareholders. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, the management fees paid by the Fund to the Manager amounted to $731,838, $730,128 and $839,347, respectively.

The Manager has agreed that if in any fiscal year the aggregate expenses of the Fund, exclusive of taxes, brokerage, interest on borrowings and (with the prior written consent of the necessary state securities commissions) extraordinary expenses, but including the management fee, exceed 1½% of the value of the Fund's average net assets for the fiscal year, the Fund may deduct from the payment to be made to the Manager under the Agreement, or the Manager will bear, such excess expense. Such deduction or payment, if any, will be estimated daily, and reconciled and effected or paid, as the case may be, on a monthly basis.

The aggregate of the fees payable to the Manager is not subject to reduction as the value of the Fund's net assets increases.

Distributor. The Distributor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, serves as the Fund's distributor on a best efforts basis pursuant to an agreement with the Fund which is renewable annually.

The Manager or the Distributor may provide cash payments out of its own resources to financial intermediaries that sell shares of the Funds or provide other services. Such payments are in addition to any shareholder services fees or other expenses paid by the Fund. These additional payments may be made to Service Agents, including affiliates that provide shareholder servicing, sub-administration, record-keepings and/or sub-transfer agency services,


marketing support and/or access to sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives of the Service Agent. Cash compensation also may be paid to Service Agents for inclusion of a fund on a sales list, including a preferred or select sales list or in other sales programs. These payments sometimes are referred to as “revenue sharing.” In some cases, these payments may create an incentive for a financial intermediary or its employees to recommend or sell shares of the fund to you. Please contact your Service Agent for details about any payments they may receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to the Funds.

From time to time, the Manager or the Distributor also may provide cash or non-cash compensation to Service Agents in the form of: occasional gifts; occasional meals, tickets, or other entertainment; support for due diligence trips; educational conference sponsorship; support for recognition programs; and other forms of cash or non-cash compensation permissible under broker-dealer regulations, as periodically amended.

Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent and Custodian. Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. (the "Transfer Agent"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, is the Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing agent. Under a transfer agency agreement with the Fund, the Transfer Agent arranges for the maintenance of shareholder account records for the Fund, the handling of certain communications between shareholders and the Fund and the payment of dividends and distributions payable by the Fund. For these services, the Transfer Agent receives a monthly fee computed on the basis of the number of shareholder accounts it maintains for the Fund during the month, and is reimbursed for certain out-of-pocket expenses.

The Bank of New York (the "Custodian"), One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286, is the Fund's custodian. The Custodian has no part in determining the investment policies of the Fund or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Fund. Under a custody agreement with the Fund, the Custodian holds the Fund's securities and keeps all necessary accounts and records. For its custody services, the Custodian receives a monthly fee based on the market value of the Fund's assets held in custody and receives certain securities transactions charges.

HOW TO BUY SHARES

General. Fund shares may be purchased through the Distributor or Service Agents that have entered into service agreements with the Distributor. Fund shares are sold without a sales charge. You may be charged a fee if you effect transactions in Fund shares through a Service Agent. You will be charged a fee if an investment check is returned unpayable. Share certificates are issued only upon your written request. No certificates are issued for fractional shares. It is not recommended that the Fund be used as a vehicle for Keogh, IRA or other qualified retirement plans.

The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order. The Fund will not establish an account for a "foreign financial institution," as that term is defined in Department of the Treasury


rules implementing section 312 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. Foreign financial institutions include: foreign banks (including foreign branches of U.S. depository institutions); foreign offices of U.S. securities broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, and mutual funds; non-U.S. entities that, if they were located in the United States, would be securities broker-dealers, futures commission merchants or mutual funds; and non-U.S. entities engaged in the business of a currency dealer or exchanger or a money transmitter.

The minimum initial investment is $2,500 or $1,000 if you are a client of a Service Agent which maintains an omnibus account in the Fund and has made an aggregate minimum initial purchase for its customers of $2,500. Subsequent investments must be at least $100. The initial investment must be accompanied by the Account Application. For full-time or part-time employees of the Manager or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, directors of the Manager, Board members of a fund advised by the Manager, including members of the Fund's Board, or the spouse or minor child of any of the foregoing, the minimum initial investment is $1,000. For full-time or part-time employees of the Manager or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries who elect to have a portion of their pay directly deposited into their Fund accounts, the minimum initial investment is $50. Fund shares are offered without regard to the minimum initial investment requirements to Board members of a fund advised by the Manager, including members of the Fund’s Board, who elect to have all or a portion of their compensation for servicing in that capacity automatically invested in the Fund. The Fund reserves the right to vary the initial and subsequent investment minimum requirements at any time.

Fund shares also are offered without regard to the minimum initial investment requirements through Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder®, Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege or Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan pursuant to the Dreyfus Step Program described under "Shareholder Services." These services enable you to make regularly scheduled investments and may provide you with a convenient way to invest for long-term financial goals. You should be aware, however, that periodic investment plans do not guarantee a profit and will not protect you against loss in a declining market.

Management understands that some Service Agents may impose certain conditions on their clients which are different from those described in the Fund’s Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information, and, to the extent permitted by applicable regulatory authority, may charge their clients direct fees. As discussed under “Management Arrangements-Distributor,” Service Agents may receive revenue sharing payments from the Manager or the Distributor. The receipt of such payments could create an incentive for a Service Agent to recommend or sell shares of the Fund instead of other mutual funds where such payments are not received. Please contact your Service Agent for details about any payments it may receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to the Fund.

Shares are sold on a continuous basis at the net asset value per share next determined after an order in proper form and Federal Funds (monies of member banks within the Federal Reserve System which are held on deposit at a Federal Reserve Bank) are received by the Transfer Agent or other entity authorized to receive orders on behalf of the Fund. If you do not remit Federal Funds, your payment must be converted into Federal Funds. This usually occurs within one business day of receipt of a bank wire or within two business days of receipt of a


check drawn on a member bank of the Federal Reserve System. Checks drawn on banks which are not members of the Federal Reserve System may take considerably longer to convert into Federal Funds. Prior to receipt of Federal Funds, your money will not be invested. Net asset value per share is determined as of 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular business. The Fund may also process purchase and sale orders and calculate its net asset value on days that the Fund's primary trading markets are open and the Fund's management determines to do so. Net asset value per share is computed by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets (i.e., the value of its assets less liabilities) by the total number of shares outstanding. See "Determination of Net Asset Value."

If your payments are received in or converted into Federal Funds by 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, by the Transfer Agent, you will receive the dividend declared that day. If your payments are received in or converted into Federal Funds after 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, by the Transfer Agent, you will begin to accrue dividends on the following business day.

Qualified institutions may telephone orders for the purchase of Fund shares. These orders will become effective at the price determined at 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, and the shares purchased will receive the dividend on Fund shares declared on that day, if the telephone order is placed by 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, and Federal Funds are received by 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on that day.

Using Federal Funds. The Transfer Agent or the Fund may attempt to notify you upon receipt of checks drawn on banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System as to the possible delay in conversion into Federal Funds and may attempt to arrange for a better means of transmitting the money. If you are a customer of a securities dealer ("Selected Dealer") and your order to purchase Fund shares is paid for other than in Federal Funds, the Selected Dealer, acting on your behalf, will complete the conversion into, or itself advance, Federal Funds, generally on the business day following receipt of your order. The order is effective only when so converted and received by the Transfer Agent. If you have sufficient Federal Funds or a cash balance in your brokerage account with a Selected Dealer, your order to purchase Fund shares will become effective on the day that the order, including Federal Funds, is received by the Transfer Agent.

Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege. You may purchase shares by telephone or online if you have checked the appropriate box and supplied the necessary information on the Account Application or have filed a Shareholder Services Form with the Transfer Agent. The proceeds will be transferred between the bank account designated in one of these documents and your fund account. Only a bank account maintained in a domestic financial institution which is an Automated Clearing House ("ACH") member may be so designated.

Dreyfus TeleTransfer purchase orders may be made at any time. If purchase orders are received by 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on any day the Transfer Agent and the New York Stock Exchange are open for regular business, Fund shares will be purchased at the share price determined on that day. If purchase orders are made after 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on any day the Transfer Agent and the New York Stock Exchange are open for regular business, or made on Saturday, Sunday or any Fund holiday (e.g., when the New York Stock Exchange is not open for business), Fund shares will be purchased at the share price determined on the next bank business


day following such purchase order. To qualify to use Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege, the initial payment for purchase of shares must be drawn on, and redemption proceeds paid to, the same bank and account as are designated on the Account Application or Shareholder Services Form on file. If the proceeds of a particular redemption are to be sent to an account at any other bank, the request must be in writing and signature-guaranteed. See "How to Redeem Shares--Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege."

Procedures for Multiple Accounts. Special procedures have been designed for banks and other institutions that wish to open multiple accounts. The institution may open a single master account by filing one application with the Transfer Agent, and may open individual sub-accounts at the same time or at some later date. The Transfer Agent will provide each institution with a written confirmation for each transaction in a sub-account at no additional charge. Upon receipt of funds for investment by interbank wire, the Transfer Agent promptly will confirm the receipt of the investment by telephone or return wire to the transmitting bank, if the investor so requests.

The Transfer Agent also will provide each institution with a monthly statement setting forth, for each sub-account, the share balance, income earned for the month, income earned for the year to date and the total current value of the account.

Transactions through Securities Dealers. Fund shares may be purchased and redeemed through securities dealers which may charge a fee for such services. Some dealers will place Fund shares in an account with their firm. Dealers also may require that the customer not take physical delivery of share certificates; the customer not request redemption checks to be issued in the customer's name; fractional shares not be purchased; monthly income distributions be taken in cash; or other conditions.

Service Charges. There are no sales or service charges imposed by the Fund or the Distributor, although Service Agents may impose reasonable charges for their services to their clients. The services provided and fees therefore are established by each Service Agent acting independently of the Fund. The Fund understands that these fees may be charged for customer services including, but not limited to, same-day investment of client funds; same-day access to client funds; advice to customers about the status of their accounts, yield currently being paid, or income earned to date; provision of periodic account statements showing security positions; other services available from the Service Agent; and assistance with inquiries related to their investment. Any such fees will be deducted monthly from the investor's account, which on smaller accounts could constitute a substantial portion of distributions. Small, inactive, long-term accounts involving monthly service charges may not be in the best interest of an investor. In addition, some Service Agents also may require an investor to invest more than the minimum stated investment; not take physical delivery of share certificates; not require that redemption checks be issued in the investor’s name; not purchase fractional shares; take monthly income distributions in cash; or other conditions. You should be aware that you may purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund without imposition of any maintenance or service charges other than those already described herein.

Reopening an Account. You may reopen an account with a minimum investment of $100


without filing a new Account Application during the calendar year the account is closed or during the following calendar year, provided the information on the old Account Application is still applicable.

SHAREHOLDER SERVICES PLAN

The Fund has adopted a Shareholder Services Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to which the Fund reimburses the Distributor an amount not to exceed an annual rate of 0.25% of the value of the Fund's average daily net assets for certain allocated expenses of providing personal services and/or maintaining shareholder accounts. The services provided may include personal services relating to shareholder accounts, such as answering shareholder inquiries regarding the Fund and providing reports and other information, and services related to the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

A quarterly report of the amounts expended under the Plan, and the purposes for which such expenditures were incurred, must be made to the Board for its review. In addition, the Plan provides that material amendments must be approved by the Fund's Board, and by the Board members who are not "interested persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or the Manager and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such amendments. The Plan is subject to annual approval by such vote of the Board members cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on the Plan. The Plan is terminable at any time by vote of a majority of the Board members who are not "interested persons" and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan.

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, the Fund paid $79,192 pursuant to the Plan.

HOW TO REDEEM SHARES

     General. The Fund ordinarily will make payment for all shares redeemed within seven days after receipt by the Transfer Agent of a redemption request in proper form, except as provided by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, if you have purchased Fund shares by check, by Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege or through Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder® and subsequently submit a written redemption request to the Transfer Agent, the Fund may delay the redemption of such shares, for up to eight business days after the purchase of such shares. In addition, the Fund will not honor redemption checks under the Checkwriting Privilege, and will reject requests to redeem shares by wire or telephone, online or pursuant to the Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege, for a period of up to eight business days after receipt by the Transfer Agent of the purchase check, the Dreyfus TeleTransfer purchase or the Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder order against which such redemption is requested. These procedures will not apply if your shares were purchased by wire payment, or if you otherwise have a sufficient collected balance in your account to cover the redemption request. Prior to the time any redemption is effective, dividends on such shares will accrue and be payable, and you will be entitled to exercise all other rights of beneficial ownership. Fund shares may not be redeemed until the Transfer Agent has received your Account Application.


     Checkwriting Privilege. The Fund provides redemption checks ("Checks") to investors automatically upon opening an account, unless you specifically refuse the Checkwriting Privilege by checking the applicable "No" box on the Account Application. Checks will be sent only to the registered owner(s) of the account and only to the address of record. The

Checkwriting Privilege may be established for an existing account by a separate signed Shareholder Services Form. The Account Application or Shareholder Services Form must be manually signed by the registered owner(s). Checks are drawn on your Fund account and may be made payable to the order of any person in an amount of $500 or more. When a Check is presented to the Transfer Agent for payment, the Transfer Agent, as your agent, will cause the Fund to redeem a sufficient number of shares in your account to cover the amount of the Check. Dividends are earned until the Check clears. After clearance, a copy of the Check will be returned to you. You generally will be subject to the same rules and regulations that apply to checking accounts, although election of this Privilege creates only a shareholder-transfer agent relationship with the Transfer Agent.

     You should date your Checks with the current date when you write them. Please do not postdate your Checks. If you do, the Transfer Agent will honor, upon presentment, even if presented before the date of the Check, all postdated Checks which are dated within six months of presentment for payment, if they are otherwise in good order.

     Checks are free, but the Transfer Agent will impose a fee for stopping payment of a Check upon your request or if the Transfer Agent cannot honor a Check due to insufficient funds or other valid reason. If the amount of the Check is greater than the value of the shares in your account, the Check will be returned marked insufficient funds. Checks should not be used to close an account.

     Wire Redemption Privilege. By using this Privilege, you authorize the Transfer Agent to act on telephone, letter or online redemption instructions from any person representing himself or herself to be you, and reasonably believed by the Transfer Agent to be genuine. Ordinarily, the Fund will initiate payment for shares redeemed pursuant to this Privilege on the same business day if the Transfer Agent receives a redemption request in proper form prior to 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, on such day; otherwise, the Fund will initiate payment on the next business day. Redemption proceeds ($1,000 minimum) will be transferred by Federal Reserve wire only to the commercial bank account specified by you on the Account Application or Shareholder Services Form, or to a correspondent bank if your bank is not a member of the Federal Reserve System. Fees ordinarily are imposed by such bank and borne by the investor. Immediate notification by the correspondent bank to your bank is necessary to avoid a delay in crediting the funds to your bank account.

     To change the commercial bank or account designated to receive wire redemption proceeds, a written request must be sent to the Transfer Agent. This request must be signed by each shareholder, with each signature guaranteed as described below under "Share Certificates; Signatures."

Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege. You may request by telephone or online that redemption


proceeds be transferred between your Fund account and your bank account. Only a bank account maintained in a domestic financial institution which is an ACH member may be designated. Redemption proceeds will be on deposit in your account at an ACH member bank ordinarily two business days after receipt of the redemption request. You should be aware that if you have selected the Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege, any request for a Dreyfus TeleTransfer transaction will be effected through the ACH system unless more prompt transmittal specifically is requested. See "How to Buy Shares--Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege."

     Share Certificates; Signatures. Any certificates representing Fund shares to be redeemed must be submitted with the redemption request. A fee may be imposed to replace lost or stolen certificates, or certificates that were never received. Written redemption requests must be signed by each shareholder, including each holder of a joint account, and each signature must be guaranteed. Signatures on endorsed certificates submitted for redemption also must be guaranteed. The Transfer Agent has adopted standards and procedures pursuant to which signature-guarantees in proper form generally will be accepted from domestic banks, brokers, dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges, registered securities associations, clearing agencies and savings associations, as well as from participants in the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program, the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program. Guarantees must be signed by an authorized signatory of the guarantor and "Signature-Guaranteed" must appear with the signature. The Transfer Agent may request additional documentation from corporations, executors, administrators, trustees or guardians, and may accept other suitable verification arrangements from foreign investors, such as consular verification. For more information with respect to signature-guarantees, please call one of the telephone numbers listed on the cover.

     Redemption Commitment. The Fund has committed itself to pay in cash all redemption requests by any shareholder of record, limited in amount during any 90-day period to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the value of the Fund's net assets at the beginning of such period. Such commitment is irrevocable without the prior approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the case of requests for redemption in excess of such amount, the Fund's Board reserves the right to make payments in whole or in part in securities or other assets of the Fund in case of an emergency or any time a cash distribution would impair the liquidity of the Fund to the detriment of the existing shareholders. In such event, the securities would be valued in the same manner as the portfolio of the Fund is valued. If the recipient sells such securities, brokerage charges might be incurred.

     Suspension of Redemptions. The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed (a) during any period when the New York Stock Exchange is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings), (b) when trading in the markets the Fund ordinarily utilizes is restricted, or when an emergency exists as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission so that disposal of the Fund's investments or determination of its net asset value is not reasonably practicable or (c) for such other periods as the Securities and Exchange Commission by order may permit to protect the Fund's shareholders.

SHAREHOLDER SERVICES


     Fund Exchanges. You may purchase, in exchange for shares of the Fund, shares of certain other funds managed or administered by the Manager or shares of certain funds advised by Founders Asset Management LLC (“Founders”), an indirect subsidiary of the Manager, to the extent such shares are offered for sale in your state of residence. Shares of other funds purchased by exchange will be purchased on the basis of relative net asset value per share as follows:

A.      Exchanges for shares of funds offered without a sales load will be made without a sales load.
 
B.      Shares of funds purchased without a sales load may be exchanged for shares of other funds sold with a sales load, and the applicable sales load will be deducted.
 
C.      Shares of funds purchased with a sales load may be exchanged without a sales load for shares of other funds sold without a sales load.
 
D.      Shares of funds purchased with a sales load, shares of funds acquired by a previous exchange from shares purchased with a sales load and additional shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends or distributions of any such funds (collectively referred to herein as "Purchased Shares") may be exchanged for shares of other funds sold with a sales load (referred to herein as "Offered Shares"), but if the sales load applicable to the Offered Shares exceeds the maximum sales load that could have been imposed in connection with the Purchased Shares (at the time the Purchased Shares were acquired), without giving effect to any reduced loads, the difference may be deducted.
 

     To accomplish an exchange under item D above, you must notify the Transfer Agent of your prior ownership of fund shares and your account number.

     To request an exchange, you must give exchange instructions to the Transfer Agent in writing, by telephone or online. The ability to issue exchange instructions by telephone or online is given to all Fund shareholders automatically, unless you check the applicable "No" box on the Account Application, indicating that you specifically refuse this privilege. By using this privilege, you authorize the Transfer Agent to act on telephonic and online instructions (including the Dreyfus Express® voice response telephone system) from any person representing himself or herself to be you, and reasonably believed by the Transfer Agent to be genuine. Exchanges may be subject to limitations as to the amount involved or the number of exchanges permitted. Shares issued in certificate form are not eligible for telephone or online exchange. No fees currently are charged shareholders directly in connection with exchanges, although the Fund reserves the right, upon not less than 60 days' written notice, to charge shareholders a nominal administrative fee in accordance with rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

To establish a personal retirement plan by exchange, shares of the fund being exchanged must have a value of at least the minimum initial investment required for the fund into which the


exchange is being made.

     Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege. Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege permits you to purchase (on a semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly or annual basis), in exchange for shares of the Fund, shares of another fund in the Dreyfus Family of Funds or shares of certain funds advised by Founders of which you are a shareholder. This Privilege is available only for existing accounts. Shares will be exchanged on the basis of relative net asset value as described above under "Fund Exchanges." Enrollment in or modification or cancellation of this Privilege is effective three business days following notification by you. You will be notified if your account falls below the amount designated to be exchanged under this Privilege. In this case, your account will fall to zero unless additional investments are made in excess of the designated amount prior to the next Auto-Exchange transaction. Shares held under IRA and other retirement plans are eligible for this Privilege. Exchanges of IRA shares may be made between IRA accounts and from regular accounts to IRA accounts, but not from IRA accounts to regular accounts. With respect to all other retirement accounts, exchanges may be made only among those accounts.

     Shareholder Services Forms and prospectuses of the other funds may be obtained by calling 1-800-645-6561, or visiting www.dreyfus.com. The Fund reserves the right to reject any exchange request in whole or in part. Shares may be exchanged only between accounts having certain identical identifying designations. The Fund Exchanges service or Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege may be modified or terminated at any time upon notice to shareholders.

Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder®. Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder permits you to purchase Fund shares (minimum of $100 and maximum of $150,000 per transaction) at regular intervals selected by you. Fund shares are purchased by transferring funds from the bank account designated by you.

Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege. Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege enables you to purchase Fund shares (minimum of $100 and maximum of $50,000 per transaction) by having Federal salary, Social Security, or certain veterans', military or other payments from the U.S. Government automatically deposited into your Fund account.

Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan. Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan permits you to purchase Fund shares (minimum of $100 per transaction) automatically on a regular basis. Depending upon your employer's direct deposit program, you may have part or all of your paycheck transferred to your existing Dreyfus account electronically through the ACH system at each pay period. To establish a Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan account, you must file an authorization form with your employer's payroll department. It is the sole responsibility of your employer to arrange for transactions under the Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan.

Dreyfus Step Program. Dreyfus Step Program enables you to purchase Fund shares without regard to the Fund's minimum initial investment requirements through Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder, Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege or Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan. To establish a Dreyfus Step Program account, you must supply the necessary information on the Account Application and file the required authorization form(s) with the Transfer Agent. For more information concerning this Program, or to request the necessary


authorization form(s), please call toll free 1-800-782-6620. You may terminate your participation in this Program at any time by discontinuing your participation in Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder, Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege or Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan, as the case may be, as provided under the terms of such Privilege(s). The Fund may modify or terminate this Program at any time.

     Dreyfus Dividend Options. Dreyfus Dividend Sweep allows you to invest automatically your dividends or dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, from the Fund in shares of another fund in the Dreyfus Family of Funds or shares of certain funds advised by Founders of which you are a shareholder. Shares of other funds purchased pursuant to this privilege will be purchased on the basis of relative net asset value per share as follows:

A.      Dividends and distributions paid by a fund may be invested without a sales load in shares of other funds offered without a sales load.
 
B.      Dividends and distributions paid by a fund that does not charge a sales load may be invested in shares of other funds sold with a sales load, and the applicable sales load will be deducted.
 
C.      Dividends and distributions paid by a fund which charges a sales load may be invested in shares of other funds sold with a sales load (referred to herein as "Offered Shares"), but if the sales load applicable to the Offered Shares exceeds the maximum sales load charged by the fund from which dividends or distributions are being swept (without giving effect to any reduced loads), the difference may be deducted.
 
D.      Dividends and distributions paid by a fund may be invested in shares of other funds that impose a contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") and the applicable CDSC, if any, will be imposed upon redemption of such shares.
 

Dreyfus Dividend ACH permits you to transfer electronically dividends or dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, from the Fund to a designated bank account. Only an account maintained at a domestic financial institution which is an ACH member may be so designated. Banks may charge a fee for this service.

Automatic Withdrawal Plan. The Automatic Withdrawal Plan permits you to request withdrawal of a specified dollar amount (minimum of $50) on either a monthly or quarterly basis if you have a $5,000 minimum account. Withdrawal payments are the proceeds from sales of Fund shares, not the yield on the shares. If withdrawal payments exceed reinvested dividends and distributions, your shares will be reduced and eventually may be depleted. The Automatic Withdrawal Plan may be terminated at any time by you, the Fund or the Transfer Agent. Shares for which share certificates have been issued may not be redeemed through the Automatic Withdrawal Plan.

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE


Amortized Cost Pricing. The valuation of the Fund's portfolio securities is based upon their amortized cost, which does not take into account unrealized capital gains or losses. This involves valuing an instrument at its cost and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instrument. While this method provides certainty in valuation, it may result in periods during which value, as determined by amortized cost, is higher or lower than the price the Fund would receive if it sold the instrument.

The Fund's Board has established, as a particular responsibility within the overall duty of care owed to the Fund's shareholders, procedures reasonably designed to stabilize the Fund's price per share as computed for the purpose of purchases and redemptions at $1.00. Such procedures include review of the Fund's portfolio holdings by the Fund's Board, at such intervals as it deems appropriate, to determine whether the Fund's net asset value calculated by using available market quotations or market equivalents deviates from $1.00 per share based on amortized cost. Market quotations and market equivalents used in such review are obtained from an independent pricing service (the "Service") approved by the Fund's Board. The Service values the Fund's investments based on methods which include consideration of: yields or prices of municipal obligations of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications of values from dealers; and general market conditions. The Service also may employ electronic data processing techniques and/or a matrix system to determine valuations.

The extent of any deviation between the Fund's net asset value based upon available market quotations or market equivalents and $1.00 per share based on amortized cost will be examined by the Fund's Board. If such deviation exceeds 1/2 of 1%, the Fund's Board promptly will consider what action, if any, will be initiated. In the event the Fund's Board determines that a deviation exists which may result in material dilution or other unfair results to investors or existing shareholders, it has agreed to take such corrective action as it regards as necessary and appropriate, including: selling portfolio instruments prior to maturity to realize capital gains or losses or to shorten average portfolio maturity; withholding dividends or paying distributions from capital or capital gains; redeeming shares in kind; or establishing a net asset value per share by using available market quotations or market equivalents.

New York Stock Exchange Closings. The holidays (as observed) on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed currently are: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES

Management believes that the Fund has qualified for treatment as a "regulated investment company" under the Code for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. The Fund intends to continue to so qualify if such qualification is in the best interests of its shareholders. As a regulated investment company, the Fund will pay no Federal income tax on net investment income and net realized capital gains to the extent that such income and gains are distributed to shareholders in accordance with applicable provisions of the Code. To qualify as a regulated


investment company, the Fund must distribute to its shareholders at least 90% of its net income (consisting of net investment income and net short-term capital gain), and must meet certain asset diversification and other requirements. If the Fund does not qualify as a regulated investment company, it will be treated for tax purposes as an ordinary corporation subject to Federal income tax. The term “regulated investment company” does not imply the supervision of management or investment practices or policies by any government agency.

The Fund ordinarily declares dividends from net investment income on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. The Fund's earnings for Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are declared as dividends on the preceding business day. Dividends usually are paid on the last calendar day of each month and are automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares at net asset value or, at your option, paid in cash. If you redeem all shares in your account at any time during the month, all dividends to which you are entitled will be paid to you along with the proceeds of the redemption. If you are an omnibus accountholder and indicate in a partial redemption request that a portion of any accrued dividends to which such account is entitled belongs to an underlying accountholder who has redeemed all shares in his or her account, such portion of the accrued dividends will be paid to you along with the proceeds of the redemption.

If you elect to receive dividends and distributions in cash, and your dividend or distribution check is returned to the Fund as undeliverable or remains uncashed for six months, the Fund reserves the right to reinvest such dividend or distribution and all future dividends and distributions payable to you in additional Fund shares at net asset value. No interest will accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution or redemption checks.

If, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Fund's total assets consists of obligations which, when held by an individual, the interest therefrom is exempt from California personal income tax, and if the Fund qualifies as a management company under the California Revenue and Taxation Code, then the Fund will be qualified to pay dividends to its shareholders that are exempt from California personal income tax (but not from California franchise tax). However, the total amount of California exempt-interest dividends paid by the Fund to a non-corporate shareholder with respect to any taxable year cannot exceed such shareholder's pro rata share of interest received by the Fund during such year that is exempt from California taxation less any expenses and expenditures deemed to have been paid from such interest. In addition, California tax law does not consider any portion of the exempt-interest dividends paid an item of tax preference for the purpose of computing the California alternative minimum tax.

If, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Fund's total assets consists of Federal tax exempt obligations, the Fund may designate and pay Federal exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on all such tax exempt obligations. Such exempt-interest dividends may be excluded by shareholders of the Fund from their gross income for Federal income tax purposes. Dividends derived from Taxable Investments, together with distributions from any net realized short-term securities gains, generally are taxable as ordinary income for Federal income tax purposes whether or not reinvested. Distributions from net realized long-term securities gains generally are taxable as long-term capital gains to a shareholder who is a citizen or resident of the United States, whether or not reinvested and


regardless of the length of time the shareholder has held his or her shares.

Ordinarily, gains and losses realized from portfolio transactions will be treated as capital gains or losses. However, all or a portion of any gains realized from the sale or other disposition of certain market discount bonds will be treated as ordinary income.

     Federal regulations require that you provide a certified taxpayer identification number ("TIN") upon opening or reopening an account. See the Account Application for further information concerning this requirement. Failure to furnish a certified TIN to the Fund could subject you to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service.

PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

General. The Manager assumes general supervision over the placement of securities purchase and sale orders on behalf of the funds it manages. In cases where the Manager or fund employs a sub-adviser, the sub-adviser, under the supervision of the Manager, places orders on behalf of the applicable fund(s) for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities.

Certain funds are managed by dual employees of the Manager and an affiliated entity in the Mellon organization. Funds managed by dual employees use the research and trading facilities, and are subject to the internal policies and procedures, of the affiliated entity. In this regard, the Manager places orders on behalf of those funds for the purchase and sale of securities through the trading desk of the affiliated entity, applying the written trade allocation procedures of such affiliate.

The Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) generally has the authority to select brokers (for equity securities) or dealers (for fixed income securities) and the commission rates or spreads to be paid. Allocation of brokerage transactions, including their frequency, is made in the best judgment of the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) and in a manner deemed fair and reasonable to shareholders. The primary consideration in placing portfolio transactions is prompt execution of orders at the most favorable net price. In choosing brokers or dealers, the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) evaluates the ability of the broker or dealer to execute the particular transaction (taking into account the market for the security and the size of the order) at the best combination of price and quality of execution.

     In general, brokers or dealers involved in the execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of a fund are selected on the basis of their professional capability and the value and quality of their services. The Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) attempts to obtain best execution for the funds by choosing brokers or dealers to execute transactions based on a variety of factors, which may include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) price; (ii) the availability of natural liquidity; (iii) the nature and character of the relevant market for the security to be purchased or sold; (iv) the measured quality and efficiency of the broker’s or dealer’s execution; (v) the broker’s or dealer’s willingness to commit capital; (vi) the reliability


of the broker or dealer in trade settlement and clearance; (vii) the level of counter-party risk (i.e., the broker’s or dealer’s financial condition); (viii) the commission rate or the spread; (ix) the value of research provided; (x) the availability of electronic trade entry and reporting links; and (xi) the size and type of order (e.g., foreign or domestic security, large block, illiquid security). In selecting brokers or dealers no factor is necessarily determinative; however, at various times and for various reasons, certain factors will be more important than others in determining which broker or dealer to use. Seeking to obtain best execution for all trades takes precedence over all other considerations.

     With respect to the receipt of research, the brokers or dealers selected may include those that supplement the Manager's (and where applicable, a sub-adviser’s or Dreyfus affiliate’s) research facilities with statistical data, investment information, economic facts and opinions. Such information may be useful to the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) in serving funds or accounts that it advises and, conversely, supplemental information obtained by the placement of business of other clients may be useful to the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) in carrying out its obligations to the funds. Information so received is in addition to, and not in lieu of, services required to be performed by the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate), and the Manager's (and where applicable, a sub-adviser’s or Dreyfus affiliate’s) fees are not reduced as a consequence of the receipt of such supplemental information. Although the receipt of such research services does not reduce the Manager’s (and where applicable, a sub-adviser’s or Dreyfus affiliate’s) normal independent research activities, it enables it to avoid the additional expenses that might otherwise be incurred if it were to attempt to develop comparable information through its own staff.

Under the Manager’s (and where applicable, a sub-adviser’s or Dreyfus affiliate’s) procedures, portfolio managers and their corresponding trading desks may seek to aggregate (or "bunch") orders that are placed or received concurrently for more than one fund or account. In some cases, this policy may adversely affect the price paid or received by a fund or an account, or the size of the position obtained or liquidated. As noted above, certain brokers or dealers may be selected because of their ability to handle special executions such as those involving large block trades or broad distributions, provided that the primary consideration of best execution is met. Generally, when trades are aggregated, each fund or account within the block will receive the same price and commission. However, random allocations of aggregate transactions may be made to minimize custodial transaction costs. In addition, at the close of the trading day, when reasonable and practicable, the completed securities of partially filled orders will generally be allocated to each participating fund and account in the proportion that each order bears to the total of all orders (subject to rounding to "round lot" amounts).

Portfolio turnover may vary from year to year as well as within a year. In periods in which extraordinary market conditions prevail, the portfolio managers will not be deterred from changing a Fund’s investment strategy as rapidly as needed, in which case higher turnover rates can be anticipated which would result in greater brokerage expenses. The overall reasonableness of brokerage commissions paid is evaluated by the Trading Desk based upon its knowledge of available information as to the general level of commissions paid by other institutional investors for comparable services. Higher portfolio turnover rates usually generate additional brokerage


commissions and transaction costs, and any short-term gains realized from these transactions are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income.

To the extent that a fund invests in foreign securities, certain of such fund's transactions in those securities may not benefit from the negotiated commission rates available to funds for transactions in securities of domestic issuers. For funds that permit foreign exchange transactions, such transactions are made with banks or institutions in the interbank market at prices reflecting a mark-up or mark-down and/or commission.

The Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) may deem it appropriate for one fund or account it manages to sell a security while another fund or account it manages is purchasing the same security. Under such circumstances, the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) may arrange to have the purchase and sale transactions effected directly between the funds and/or accounts ("cross transactions"). Cross transactions will be effected in accordance with procedures adopted pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act.

     All portfolio transactions of each money market fund are placed on behalf of the fund by the Manager. Debt securities purchased and sold by a fund generally are traded on a net basis (i.e., without a commission) through dealers acting for their own account and not as brokers, or otherwise involve transactions directly with the issuer of the instrument. This means that a dealer makes a market for securities by offering to buy at one price and sell at a slightly higher price. The difference between the prices is known as a “spread.” Other portfolio transactions may be executed through brokers acting as agent. A fund will pay a spread or commission in connection with such transactions. The Manager uses its best efforts to obtain execution of portfolio transactions at prices that are advantageous to a fund and at spreads and commission rates (if any) that are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. The Manager also places transactions for other accounts that it provides with investment advice.

     When more than one fund or account is simultaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same investment instrument, the prices and amounts are allocated in accordance with a formula considered by the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) to


be equitable to each fund or account. In some cases this system could have a detrimental effect on the price or volume of the investment instrument as far as a fund or account is concerned. In other cases, however, the ability of a fund or account to participate in volume transactions will produce better executions for the fund or account.

     When transactions are executed in the over-the-counter market (i.e., with dealers), the Manager will typically deal with the primary market makers unless a more favorable price or execution otherwise is obtainable.

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings. It is the policy of the Fund to protect the confidentiality of its portfolio holdings and prevent the selective disclosure of non-public information about such holdings. The Fund will publicly disclose its holdings in accordance with regulatory requirements, such as periodic portfolio disclosure in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Fund will publicly disclose its complete schedule of portfolio holdings, as reported on a month-end basis, at www.dreyfus.com. The information will be posted with a one-month lag and will remain accessible until the Fund files a report on Form N-Q or Form N-CSR for the period that includes the date as of which the information was current. In addition, fifteen days following the end of each calendar quarter, the Fund will publicly disclose on the website its complete schedule of portfolio holdings as of the end of such quarter.

If the Fund’s portfolio holdings are released pursuant to an ongoing arrangement with any party, the Fund must have a legitimate business purpose for doing so, and neither the Fund nor Dreyfus or its affiliates may receive any compensation in connection with an arrangement to make available information about the Fund's portfolio holdings. The Fund may distribute portfolio holdings to mutual fund evaluation services such as Standard & Poor’s, Morningstar or Lipper Analytical Services; due diligence departments of broker-dealers and wirehouses that regularly analyze the portfolio holdings of mutual funds before their public disclosure; and broker-dealers that may be used by the Fund, for the purpose of efficient trading and receipt of relevant research, provided that: (a) the recipient does not distribute the portfolio holdings to persons who are likely to use the information for purposes of purchasing or selling Fund shares or Fund portfolio holdings before the portfolio holdings become public information; and (b) the recipient signs a written confidentiality agreement.

The Fund may also disclose any and all portfolio information to its service providers and others who generally need access to such information in the performance of their contractual duties and responsibilities and are subject to duties of confidentiality, including a duty not to trade on non-public information, imposed by law and/or contract. These service providers include the Fund’s custodian, auditors, investment adviser, administrator, and each of their respective affiliates and advisers.


Disclosure of the Fund's portfolio holdings may be authorized only by the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer, and any exceptions to this policy are reported quarterly to the Fund's Board.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND

Each Fund share has one vote and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the offering, is fully paid and non-assessable. Fund shares are of one class and have equal rights as to dividends and in liquidation. Shares have no preemptive, subscription or conversion rights and are freely transferable.

The Fund is organized as an unincorporated business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Under Massachusetts law, shareholders could, under certain circumstances, be held personally liable for the obligations of the Fund. However, the Fund’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the “Trust Agreement”) disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Fund and requires that notice of such disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation or instrument entered into or executed by the Fund or a Trustee. The Trust Agreement provides for indemnification from the Fund’s property for all losses and expenses of any shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of the Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder’s incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which the Fund itself would be unable to meet its obligations; a possibility which management believes is remote. Upon payment of any liability incurred by the Fund, the shareholder paying such liability will be entitled to reimbursement from the general assets of the Fund. The Fund intends to conduct its operations in such a way as to avoid, as far as possible, ultimate liability of the shareholders for liabilities of the Fund.

Unless otherwise required by the 1940 Act, ordinarily it will not be necessary for the Fund to hold annual meetings of shareholders. As a result, Fund shareholders may not consider each year the election of Board members or the appointment of auditors. However, the holders of at least 10% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote may require the Fund to hold a special meeting of shareholders for purposes of removing a Board member from office. Fund shareholders may remove a Board member by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Fund's outstanding voting shares. In addition, the Board will call a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing Board members if, at any time, less than a majority of the Board members then holding office have been elected by shareholders.

To offset the relatively higher costs of servicing smaller accounts, the Fund will charge regular accounts with balances below $2,000 an annual fee of $12. The valuation of accounts and the deductions are expected to take place during the last four months of each year. The fee will be waived for any investor whose aggregate Dreyfus mutual fund investments total at least $25,000, and will not apply to accounts participating in automatic investment programs or opened through a securities dealer, bank or other financial institution, or to other fiduciary accounts.

The Fund sends annual and semi-annual financial statements to all its shareholders.


COUNSEL AND INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038-4982, as counsel for the Fund, has rendered its opinion as to certain legal matters regarding the due authorization and valid issuance of the shares being sold pursuant to the Fund's Prospectus.

Ernst & Young LLP, 5 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, an independent registered public accounting firm, have been selected to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund.


APPENDIX A


APPENDIX B

Rating Categories

Description of certain ratings assigned by S&P, Moody's and Fitch:

S&P

Long-term

AAA

An obligation rated 'AAA' has the highest rating assigned by S&P. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.

AA

An obligation rated 'AA' differs from the highest rated obligations only in small degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong. The rating 'AA' may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign designation to show relative standing within this rating category.

Short-term

SP-1

Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus sign (+) designation.

Commercial paper

A-1

This designation indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is strong. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted with a plus sign (+) designation.

Moody's

Long-term

Aaa

Bonds rated 'Aaa' are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as "gilt edged." Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

Aa

Bonds rated 'Aa' are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the 'Aaa' group they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in 'Aaa' securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risk appear somewhat larger than the 'Aaa' securities.

Moody’s applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to the 'Aa' generic rating classification. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of the rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of the rating category.

Prime rating system (short-term)

Issuers rated Prime-1 (or supporting institutions) have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Prime-1 repayment ability will often be evidenced by many of the following characteristics:

Leading market positions in well-established industries.

High rates of return on funds employed.

Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection.

Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation.

Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity.

MIG/VMIG--U.S. short-term

Municipal debt issuance ratings are designated as Moody's Investment Grade (MIG) and are divided into three levels -- MIG 1 through MIG 3.

The short-term rating assigned to the demand feature of variable rate demand obligations (VRDOs) is designated as VMIG. When either the long- or short-term aspect of a VRDO is not rated, that piece is designated NR, e.g., Aaa/NR or NR/VMIG 1.

MIG 1/VMIG1

This designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.

Fitch

Long-term investment grade


AAA

Highest credit quality. 'AAA' ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

AA

Very high credit quality. 'AA' ratings denote a very low expectation of credit risk. They indicate very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

Short-term

A short-term rating has a time horizon of less than 12 months for most obligations, or up to three years for U.S. public finance securities, and thus places greater emphasis on the liquidity necessary to meet financial commitments in a timely manner.

F1

Highest credit quality. Indicates the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added "+" to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.

A plus (+) or minus (-) sign designation may be appended to the 'AA' or F1 rating to denote relative status within the rating category.


DREYFUS CALIFORNIA TAX EXEMPT MONEY MARKET FUND
PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 23.    Exhibits 


(a)    Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and Articles of Amendment are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 
    (1) of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 15, 
    1994. 
(b)     Registrant's By-Laws.  
(d)     Management Agreement.  
(e)     Distribution Agreement.  
(g)    Amended and Restated Custody Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (8)(a) of Post-Effective 
Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 29, 1996.
    Sub-Custodian Agreements are incorporated by reference to Exhibit (8)(b) of Post-Effective Amendment 
    No. 13 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 15, 1994. 
(h)    Shareholder Services Plan is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (9) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 
    to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 15, 1994. 
(i)    Opinion and consent of Registrant's counsel is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10) of Pre-Effective 
Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 14, 1995.
(j)    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.  
(p)    Code of Ethics. 


Item 23.    Exhibits. - List (continued) 


 
 
    Other Exhibits 

 
    (b) Certificate of Assistant Secretary. 
 
 
Item 24.    Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant. 


 
    Not Applicable 
 
 
Item 25.    Indemnification 


 
    The Statement as to the general effect of any contract, arrangements or statute under which a Board 
    member, officer, underwriter or affiliated person of the Registrant is insured or indemnified in any manner 
    against any liability which may be incurred in such capacity, other than insurance provided by any Board 
    member, officer, affiliated person or underwriter for their own protection, is incorporated by reference to 
    Item 25 of Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 
    29, 1996. 
 
    Reference is also made to the Distribution Agreement filed as Exhibit 23(e) of Post-Effective Amendment 
    No. 21 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A on July 26, 2000. 
 
 
Item 26.    Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser. 


 
    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 other investment companies. Dreyfus Service Corporation, a 
    wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus, serves primarily as a registered broker-dealer and distributor of other 
    investment companies advised and administered by Dreyfus. Dreyfus Investment Advisors, Inc., another 
    wholly-owned subsidiary, provides investment management services to various pension plans, institutions 
    and individuals. 


ITEM 26.    Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser (continued) 


    Officers and Directors of Investment Adviser 

Name and Position             
With Dreyfus    Other Businesses    Position Held    Dates 
 
Jonathan Baum    Scudder Investments    Chief Operating Officer    7/02 – 1/05 
Vice Chair – Distribution    345 Park Avenue         
    New York, New York 10154         
 
    Scudder Distributors, Inc.    President    7/02 – 1/05 
    345 Park Avenue    Chief Executive Officer    7/02 – 1/05 
    New York, New York 10154         
 
Stephen R. Byers    Lighthouse Growth Advisors LLC++    Member, Board of    9/02 – 9/05 
Director, Vice Chair and        Managers     
Chief Investment Officer             
 
    Dreyfus Service Corporation++    Senior Vice President    3/00 - Present 
 
    Founders Asset Management,    Member, Board of    6/02 – Present 
    LLC****    Managers     
 
    Dreyfus Investment Advisors,    Chief Investment Officer    2/02 - 7/05 
    Inc. ++    Director    2/02 - 7/05 
 
Stephen E. Canter    Mellon Financial Corporation+    Vice Chairman    6/01 – Present 
Chair of the Board and             
Chief Executive Officer    Mellon Bank, N.A.+    Vice Chairman    6/01 - Present 
 
 
    Standish Mellon Asset Management    Board Manager    7/03 – Present 
    Company, LLC*         
 
    Newton Management Limited    Director    2/99 – Present 
    London, England         
 
    Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+    Executive Committee    1/99 – Present 
        Member     
 
    Franklin Portfolio Associates,    Director    2/99 – Present 
    LLC*         
 
    Franklin Portfolio Holdings, Inc.*    Director    2/99 – Present 
 
    TBCAM Holdings, LLC*    Director    2/99 – Present 
 
    Mellon Capital Management    Director    1/99 – Present 
    Corporation***         
 
    Founders Asset Management LLC****    Member, Board of    12/97 - Present 
        Managers     
        President    4/06 – Present 
        Chief Executive Officer    4/06 – Present 
 
    Dreyfus Founders Funds, Inc.****    President    4/06 – Present 
        Principal Executive    4/06 – Present 
        Officer     

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Name and Position             
With Dreyfus    Other Businesses    Position Held    Dates 
 
Stephen E. Canter    The Dreyfus Trust Company+++    Director    6/95 - Present 
Chair of the Board and        Chairman    1/99 - Present 
Chief Executive Officer        President    1/99 - Present 
(continued)        Chief Executive Officer    1/99 - Present 
 
J. Charles Cardona    Dreyfus Investment Advisors,    Chairman of the Board    2/02 - 7/05 
Director and Vice Chair    Inc.++         
    Boston Safe Advisors, Inc.++    Director    10/01 - 5/05 
 
    Dreyfus Service Corporation++    Executive Vice President    2/97 - Present 
        Director    8/00 - Present 
 
Diane P. Durnin    Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc. ++    Director    4/02 - 6/05 
Vice Chair and Director             
 
Thomas F. Eggers    Dreyfus Service Corporation++    Chairman    4/05 - Present 
President, Chief Operating    Chief Executive Officer    4/05 - Present 
Officer and Director             
    Dreyfus Service Organization++    Director    4/05 - Present 
 
    Founders Asset Management LLC****    Member, Board of    4/05 - Present 
        Managers     
 
    Lighthouse Growth Advisers LLC++    Member, Board of    4/05 - 9/05 
        Managers     
 
    Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc.++    Director    6/05 - Present 
 
    Scudder Investments, Inc.    President    5/02 - 3/05 
    345 Park Avenue    Chief Executive Officer    5/02 - 3/05 
    New York, NY 10154         
 
    Scudder Distributors, Inc.    Chairman    5/02 - 3/05 
    345 Park Avenue         
    New York, NY 10154         
 
Steven G. Elliott    Mellon Financial Corporation+    Director    1/01 - Present 
Director        Senior Vice Chairman    1/99 - Present 
 
    Mellon Bank, N.A.+    Director    1/01 - Present 
        Senior Vice Chairman    3/98 – Present 
 
    Mellon Financial Services    Director    1/96 - Present 
    Corporation #1    Vice President    1/96 - Present 
    Mellon Bank Center, 8th Floor         
    1735 Market Street         
    Philadelphia, PA 19103         
 
    Allomon Corporation    Director    12/87 - Present 
    Two Mellon Bank Center         
    Pittsburgh, PA 15259         
 
    Mellon Funding Corporation+    Director    8/87 – Present 
 
    Mellon Ventures, Inc. +    Director    1/99 – Present 

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Name and Position             
With Dreyfus    Other Businesses    Position Held    Dates 
 
Robert P. Kelley    Mellon Financial Corporation+    Chairman    2/06 – Present 
Director        President    2/06 – Present 
        Chief Executive Officer    2/06 – Present 
        Executive Committee     
        Member    2/06 – Present 
 
    Mellon Bank, N.A. +    Chairman    2/06 – Present 
        President    2/06 – Present 
        Chief Executive Officer    2/06 – Present 
        Executive Committee     
        Member    2/06 – Present 
 
    The Cadillac Fairview    Board Member    3/00 – Present 
    Corporation Limited         
    20 Queen Street West         
    Toronto, Ontario M5H 3R4         
 
    Wachovia Corporation    Chief Financial Officer    11/00 – 2/06 
    301 South College Street         
    One Wachovia Center         
    Charlotte, North Carolina 28288         
 
David F. Lamere    Mellon Financial Corporation +    Vice Chairman    9/01 – Present 
Director             
    Wellington-Medford II Properties, Inc.    President and Director    2/99 – Present 
    Medford, MA         
 
    TBC Securities Co., Inc.    President and Director    2/99 – Present 
    Medford, MA         
 
    The Boston Company, Inc. *    Chairman & CEO    1/99 – Present 
 
    Mellon Trust of New England, N.A.*    Chairman & CEO    1/99 – Present 
 
    Newton Management Limited    Director    10/98 - Present 
    London, England         
 
    Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP+    Executive Committee    8/98 – Present 
        Member     
 
    Mellon Bank, N.A. +    Vice Chairman    9/01 - Present 
        Exec. Management    8/01 - Present 
        Group     
 
    Mellon United National Bank    Director    11/98 - Present 
    2875 Northeast 191st Street,         
    North Miami, FL 33180         
 
    Mellon Global Investing Corp.+    President    1/00 - Present 
 
Ronald P. O’Hanley    Mellon Financial Corporation+    Vice Chairman    6/01 - Present 
Director             
 
    Mellon Bank, N.A. +    Vice Chairman    6/01 – Present 
 
    TBC General Partner, LLC*    President    7/03 - Present 

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Name and Position             
With Dreyfus    Other Businesses    Position Held    Dates 
 
Ronald P. O’Hanley    Standish Mellon Asset Management    Board Member    7/01 – Present 
Director    Company, LLC         
(continued)    One Financial Center         
    Boston, MA 02211         
 
    Franklin Portfolio Holdings, LLC*    Director    12/00 - Present 
 
    Franklin Portfolio Associates,    Director    4/97 – Present 
    LLC*         
 
    Pareto Partners (NY)    Partner Representative    2/00 – Present 
    505 Park Avenue         
    NY, NY 10022         
 
    Buck Consultants, Inc.++    Director    7/97 – Present 
 
    Newton Management Limited    Executive Committee    10/98 - Present 
    London, England    Member     
        Director    10/98 - Present 
 
    Mellon Global Investments Japan Ltd.    Non-Resident Director    11/98 - 4/06 
    Tokyo, Japan         
 
    TBCAM Holdings, LLC*    Director    1/98 – Present 
 
    Fixed Income (MA) Trust*    Trustee    6/03 – Present 
 
    Fixed Income (DE) Trust*    Trustee    6/03 – Present 
 
    Pareto Partners    Partner Representative    5/97 – Present 
    271 Regent Street         
    London, England W1R 8PP         
 
    Mellon Capital Management    Director    2/97 – Present 
    Corporation***         
 
    Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+    Executive Committee    1/98 – Present 
        Member     
        Chairman    1/98 - Present 
 
    Mellon Global Investing Corp.*    Director    5/97 – Present 
        Chairman    5/97 - Present 
        Chief Executive Officer    5/97 - Present 
 
J. David Officer    Dreyfus Service Corporation++    President    3/00 - Present 
Vice Chair and Director    Director    3/99 - Present 
 
    MBSC, LLC++    Manager, Board of    4/02 - Present 
        Managers     
        President    4/02 – Present 
 
    Boston Safe Advisors, Inc. ++    Director    10/01 - 5/05 
 
    Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. ++    Chairman and Director    2/02 - Present 
 
    Dreyfus Service Organization,    Director    3/99 - Present 
    Inc.++         

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Name and Position             
With Dreyfus    Other Businesses    Position Held    Dates 
 
J. David Officer    Dreyfus Insurance Agency of    Director    5/98 - 10/04 
Vice Chair and Director    Massachusetts, Inc.++         
(continued)             
    Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc.++    Director    10/98 - 6/05 
 
    Mellon Residential Funding Corp. +    Director    4/97 - Present 
 
    Mellon Bank, N.A.+    Executive Vice President    2/94 - Present 
 
    Laurel Capital Advisors+    Chairman    1/05 - Present 
        Chief Executive Officer    1/05 - Present 
 
    Mellon United National Bank    Director    3/98 - Present 
    1399 SW 1st Ave., Suite 400         
    Miami, Florida         
 
Mark N. Jacobs    Dreyfus Investment    Director    4/97 - 7/05 
General Counsel,    Advisors, Inc.++         
Executive Vice President, and         
Secretary             
    The Dreyfus Trust Company+++    Director    3/96 - Present 
 
    The TruePenny Corporation++    President    10/98 - 11/04 
        Director    3/96 - 11/04 
 
Patrice M. Kozlowski    None         
Senior Vice President –             
Corporate             
Communications             
 
Gary Pierce    Lighthouse Growth Advisors LLC++    Member, Board of    7/05 - 9/05 
Controller        Managers     
        Vice President and    7/05 - 9/05 
        Treasurer     
 
    The Dreyfus Trust Company+++    Chief Financial Officer    7/05 - Present 
        Treasurer    7/05 - Present 
 
    MBSC, LLC++    Chief Financial Officer    7/05 - Present 
        Manager, Board of    7/05 - Present 
        Managers     
 
    Dreyfus Service Corporation++    Director    7/05 - Present 
        Chief Financial Officer    7/05 - Present 
        Senior Vice President -    1/05 - 7/05 
        Finance     
        Vice President - Finance    3/03 - 1/05 
 
    Dreyfus Consumer Credit    Treasurer    7/05 - Present 
    Corporation ++         
 
    Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. ++    Chief Financial Officer    7/05 - Present 
 
    Dreyfus Service    Treasurer    7/05 - Present 
    Organization, Inc.++         
 
    Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc. ++    Treasurer    4/99 - Present 

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Name and Position             
With Dreyfus    Other Businesses    Position Held    Dates 
 
Joseph W. Connolly    The Dreyfus Family of Funds++    Chief Compliance    10/04 - Present 
Chief Compliance Officer    Officer     
    The Mellon Funds Trust++    Chief Compliance    10/04 - Present 
        Officer     
    Dreyfus Investment Advisors, Inc.++    Chief Compliance    10/04 - 7/05 
        Officer     
    Lighthouse Growth Advisors, LLC ++    Chief Compliance    10/04 - 9/05 
        Officer     
    MBSC, LLC++    Chief Compliance    10/04 - Present 
        Officer     
    Dreyfus Service Corporation++    Chief Compliance    10/04 - Present 
        Officer     
    Boston Safe Advisors++    Chief Compliance    10/04 - 5/05 
        Officer     
Lisa A. Fox    Mellon Bank, N.A. +    Vice President    10/01 - Present 
Vice President -             
Human Resources             
 
Anthony Mayo    None         
Vice President -             
Information Systems             
 
Theodore A. Schachar    Lighthouse Growth Advisors LLC++    Assistant Treasurer    9/02 - 9/05 
Vice President – Tax             
    Dreyfus Service Corporation++    Vice President - Tax    10/96 - Present 
 
    MBSC, LLC++    Vice President - Tax    4/02 – Present 
 
    The Dreyfus Consumer Credit    Chairman    6/99 - Present 
    Corporation ++    President    6/99 - Present 
 
    Dreyfus Investment Advisors,    Vice President - Tax    10/96 - 7/05 
    Inc.++         
    Dreyfus Service Organization,    Vice President - Tax    10/96 - Present 
    Inc.++         
 
Alex G. Sciulli    AFCO Acceptance Corp.    Vice President    05/94 – Present 
Vice President    110 William Street         
    29th Floor         
    New York, NY 10038-3901         
 
    AFCO Credit Corp.    Vice President    05/94 – Present 
    110 William Street         
    29th Floor         
    New York, NY 10038-3901         
 
    The Boston Company, Inc.*    Vice President    09/01 - Present 
 
    Dreyfus Service Corporation++    Vice President    11/01 - Present 
 
    Dreyfus Transfer. Inc.++    Vice President    11/01 - Present 
 
    Founders Asset Management LLC****    Authorized Agent    12/01 - Present 
 
    Franklin Portfolio Associates LLC*    Vice President    06/01 - Present 
 
    Franklin Portfolio Holdings LLC*    Vice President    06/01 - Present 

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Name and Position         
With Dreyfus    Other Businesses    Position Held    Dates 
 
Alex G. Sciulli    Mellon Bank, N.A.+    Senior Vice President    08/01 - Present 
Vice President             
(continued)             
    Mellon HR Solutions LLC    Vice President    06/02 – Present 
    2100 N. Central Road         
    Fort Lee, NJ 07024         
 
    Mellon Human Resources & Investor    Vice President    03/04 – Present 
    Solutions, Inc.+         
 
    Mellon Private Trust Company, N.A.*    Vice President for    08/01 – Present 
        Facilities     
    Mellon Trust of California    Vice President for    08/01 – Present 
        Facilities     
 
    Mellon Trust of New England, N.A.*    Vice President    09/03 – Present 
 
    Mellon Trust of New York, LLC    Vice President for    08/01 – Present 
        Facilities     
 
    Mellon Trust of Washington    Vice President for    08/01 – Present 
        Facilities     
 
    Mellon United National Bank    Vice President    09/01 – Present 
    Mellon Financial Tower         
    111 Brickell Avenue         
    Miami, FL 33131         
 
    Standish Mellon Asset Management    Vice President    10/01 – Present 
    LLC         
    One Financial Center         
    Boston, MA 02210         
 
    Katrena Corporation+    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
 
    Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP*    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
 
    MBC Investments Corporation+    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
 
    MFS Leasing Corp. +    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
 
    MMIP, LLC+    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
 
    Mellon Capital Management    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
    Corporation***         
 
    Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
 
    Mellon Financial Markets, LLC+    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
 
    Mellon Financial Services    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
    Corporation #1+         
 
    Mellon Financial Services    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
    Corporation #4+         
 
    Mellon Funding Corporation+    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
 
    Mellon Insurance Agency, Inc. +    Vice President    08/01 - Present 

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Name and Position         
With Dreyfus    Other Businesses    Position Held    Dates 
Alex G. Sciulli    Mellon International Investment    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
Vice President    Corporation+         
(continued)             
    Mellon International Leasing Company+    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
    Mellon Leasing Corporation+    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
    Mellon Overseas Investment    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
    Corporation+         
    Mellon Trust Company of Illinois+    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
    Mellon VA Partners, LLC+    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
    Mellon Ventures, Inc. +    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
    Pontus, Inc. +    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
    Texas AP, Inc. +    Vice President    08/01 - Present 
Wendy Strutt    Boston Safe Advisers, Inc.    Chief Operating Officer    3/03 - 5/05 
Vice President             
James Bitetto    The TruePenny Corporation++    Secretary    9/98 - 11/04 
Assistant Secretary         
    Dreyfus Service Corporation++    Assistant Secretary    8/98 - Present 
    Dreyfus Investment    Assistant Secretary    7/98 - 7/05 
    Advisors, Inc.++         
    Dreyfus Service    Secretary    8/05 - Present 
    Organization, Inc.++         
        Assistant Secretary    7/98 - 8/05 
    The Dreyfus Consumer Credit    Vice President    2/02 - Present 
    Corporation++    Director    2/02 – 7/06 

*    The address of the business so indicated is One Boston Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108. 
**    The address of the business so indicated is One Bush Street, Suite 450, San Francisco, California 94104. 
***    The address of the business so indicated is 595 Market Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, California 94105. 
****    The address of the business so indicated is 2930 East Third Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80206. 
+    The address of the business so indicated is One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258. 
++    The address of the business so indicated is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. 
+++    The address of the business so indicated is 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144. 

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Item 27.    Principal Underwriters 
 
(a)    Other investment companies for which Registrant's principal underwriter 
(exclusive distributor) acts as principal underwriter or exclusive distributor: 

1.    CitizensSelect Funds 
2.    Dreyfus A Bonds Plus, Inc. 
3.    Dreyfus Appreciation Fund, Inc. 
4.    Dreyfus Balanced Fund, Inc. 
5.    Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc. 
6.    Dreyfus BASIC U.S. Mortgage Securities Fund 
7.    Dreyfus BASIC U.S. Government Money Market Fund 
8.    Dreyfus Bond Funds, Inc. 
9.    Dreyfus California Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund 
10.    Dreyfus California Tax Exempt Money Market Fund 
11.    Dreyfus Cash Management 
12.    Dreyfus Cash Management Plus, Inc. 
13.    Dreyfus Connecticut Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund 
14.    Dreyfus Connecticut Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc. 
15.    Dreyfus Fixed Income Securities 
16.    Dreyfus Florida Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund 
17.    Dreyfus Florida Municipal Money Market Fund 
18.    Dreyfus Founders Funds, Inc. 
19.    The Dreyfus Fund Incorporated 
20.    Dreyfus GNMA Fund, Inc. 
21.    Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds 
22.    Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc. 
23.    Dreyfus Growth and Value Funds, Inc. 
24.    Dreyfus Growth Opportunity Fund, Inc. 
25.    Dreyfus Index Funds, Inc. 
26.    Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Funds 
27.    Dreyfus Institutional Money Market Fund 
28.    Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Funds 
29.    Dreyfus Insured Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. 
30.    Dreyfus Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. 
31.    Dreyfus International Funds, Inc. 
32.    Dreyfus Investment Grade Funds, Inc. 
33.    Dreyfus Investment Portfolios 
34.    The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc. 
35.    The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust 
36.    The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds 
37.    Dreyfus LifeTime Portfolios, Inc. 
38.    Dreyfus Liquid Assets, Inc. 
39.    Dreyfus Massachusetts Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund 
40.    Dreyfus Massachusetts Municipal Money Market Fund 
41.    Dreyfus Midcap Index Fund, Inc. 
42.    Dreyfus Money Market Instruments, Inc. 
43.    Dreyfus Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. 
44.    Dreyfus Municipal Cash Management Plus 
45.    Dreyfus Municipal Funds, Inc. 
46.    Dreyfus Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc. 

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47.    Dreyfus New Jersey Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund 
48.    Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc. 
49.    Dreyfus New York Municipal Cash Management 
50.    Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Inc. 
51.    Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Intermediate Bond Fund 
52.    Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Money Market Fund 
53.    Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Intermediate Term Fund 
54.    Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Long Term Fund 
55.    Dreyfus 100% U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund 
56.    Dreyfus Pennsylvania Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund 
57.    Dreyfus Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Fund 
58.    Dreyfus Premier California Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Inc. 
59.    Dreyfus Premier Equity Funds, Inc. 
60.    Dreyfus Premier Fixed Income Funds 
61.    Dreyfus Premier International Funds, Inc. 
62.    Dreyfus Premier GNMA Fund 
63.    Dreyfus Premier Manager Funds I 
64.    Dreyfus Premier Manager Funds II 
65.    Dreyfus Premier Municipal Bond Fund 
66.    Dreyfus Premier New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. 
67.    Strategic Funds, Inc. 
68.    Dreyfus Premier New York Municipal Bond Fund 
69.    Dreyfus Premier Opportunity Funds 
70.    Dreyfus Premier State Municipal Bond Fund 
71.    Dreyfus Premier Stock Funds 
72.    The Dreyfus Premier Third Century Fund, Inc. 
73.    The Dreyfus Premier Value Equity Funds 
74.    Dreyfus Premier Worldwide Growth Fund, Inc. 
75.    Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Government Fund 
76.    Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund 
77.    The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. 
78.    Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. 
79.    Dreyfus Tax Exempt Cash Management 
80.    Dreyfus Treasury Cash Management 
81.    Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management 
82.    Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund 
83.    Dreyfus Worldwide Dollar Money Market Fund, Inc. 
84.    General California Municipal Money Market Fund 
85.    General Government Securities Money Market Funds, Inc. 
86.    General Money Market Fund, Inc. 
87.    General Municipal Money Market Funds, Inc. 
88.    General New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. 
89.    General New York Municipal Money Market Fund 
90.    Mellon Funds Trust 

(b)             
Name and principal        Positions and Offices 
business address    Positions and offices with the Distributor    with Registrant 
Thomas F. Eggers *    Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board    None 
J. David Officer *    President and Director    None 
Jon R. Baum *    Executive Vice President    None 
J. Charles Cardona *    Executive Vice President and Director    Executive Vice 
            President 
Prasanna Dhore *    Executive Vice President    None 
William H. Maresca *    Executive Vice President and Director    None 
James Neiland*    Executive Vice President    None 
Irene Papadoulis **    Executive Vice President    None 
Noreen Ross *    Executive Vice President    None 
Bret Young *    Executive Vice President and Director    None 
Gary Pierce *    Chief Financial Officer and Director    None 
Ken Bradle **    Senior Vice President    None 
Stephen R. Byers *    Senior Vice President    Executive Vice 
            President 
Sue Ann Cormack **    Senior Vice President    None 
Marc S. Isaacson **    Senior Vice President    None 
Matthew Perrone **    Senior Vice President    None 
Bradley J. Skapyak *    Senior Vice President    None 
Jane Knight *    Chief Legal Officer and Secretary    None 
Joseph W. Connolly*    Chief Compliance Officer (Investment Advisory Business)    Chief Compliance 
            Officer 
Stephen Storen *    Chief Compliance Officer    None 
Lisa A. Fox *    Vice President    None 
Maria Georgopoulos *    Vice President – Facilities Management    None 
William Germenis *    Vice President – Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering    Anti-Money Laundering 
        Officer    Compliance Officer 
Tracy Hopkins *    Vice President    None 
Mary Merkle *    Vice President – Compliance    None 
Paul Molloy *    Vice President    None 
James Muir *    Vice President – Compliance    None 
Anthony Nunez *    Vice President – Finance    None 
David Ray ***    Vice President    None 
Theodore A. Schachar *    Vice President – Tax    None 
William Schalda *    Vice President    None 
Alex G. Sciulli****    Vice President    None 
John Shea*    Vice President – Finance    None 
Susan Verbil*    Vice President – Finance    None 
William Verity*    Vice President – Finance    None 
James Windels *    Vice President    Treasurer 
James Bitetto *    Assistant Secretary    Vice President and 
            Assistant Secretary 
Ken Christoffersen ***    Assistant Secretary    None 
Ronald Jamison *    Assistant Secretary    None 
Sarrita Cypress *    Assistant Secretary    None 
 
*    Principal business address is 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166.     
**    Principal business address is 144 Glenn Curtiss Blvd., Uniondale, NY 11556-0144.     
***    Principal business address is 210 University Blvd., Suite 800, Denver, CO 80206     
****    Principal business address is One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15258.     

Item 28. Location of Accounts and Records

1.    The Bank of New York 
    One Wall Street 
    New York, New York 10286 
 
2.    DST Systems, Inc. 
    1055 Broadway 
    Kansas City, MO 64105 
 
3.    The Dreyfus Corporation 
    200 Park Avenue 
    New York, New York 10166 

Item 29.    Management Services 
    Not Applicable 
Item 30.    Undertakings 
    None 

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 27th day of July, 2006.

DREYFUS CALIFORNIA TAX EXEMPT MONEY MARKET FUND

BY:    /s/Stephen E. Canter* 
    STEPHEN E. CANTER, 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.

Signatures    Title    Date 



 
 
/s/Stephen E. Canter*    President (Principal Executive Officer)    7/27/06  

Stephen E. Canter         
 
/s/James Windels*    Vice President and Treasurer (Principal    7/27/06  
    Accounting and Financial Officer)     

James Windels         
 
 
/s/Joseph S. DiMartino*    Chairman of the Board of Trustees    7/27/06  

Joseph S. DiMartino         
 
 
/s/ David W. Burke *    Trustee    7/27/06  

David W. Burke         
 
 
/s/ Hodding Carter, III *    Trustee    7/27/06  

Hodding Carter, III         
 
 
/s/ Ehud Houminer*    Trustee    7/27/06  

Ehud Houminer         
 
 
/s/ Richard C. Leone*    Trustee    7/27/06  

Richard C. Leone         
 
 
/s/ Hans C. Mautner *    Trustee    7/27/06  

Hans C. Mautner         
 
 
/s/ Robin A. Melvin*    Trustee    7/27/06  

Robin A. Melvin         


/s/ John E. Zuccotti    Trustee    7/27/06  

John E. Zuccotti         

*BY:    /s/ John B. Hammalian 

    John B. Hammalian 
Attorney-in-Fact


INDEX OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.

Item 23

(b)      Registrant’s By-Laws.
 
(d)      Management Agreement.
 
(e)      Distribution Agreement.
 
(j)      Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
 
(p)      Code of Ethics.
 
  Other Exhibits
(b) Certificate of Assistant Secretary.