ALLIANCE VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC.

                      ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

         Alliance Variable Products Series Fund, Inc., a Maryland
corporation having its principal office in the State of Maryland
in the City of Baltimore (hereinafter called the "Corporation"),
certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of
Maryland that:

         FIRST:  The charter of the Corporation is hereby amended
by changing the designation of the Corporation's "Real Estate
Investment Portfolio Common Stock" to "AllianceBernstein Real
Estate Investment Portfolio Common Stock" and the designation of
the Corporation's "Utility Income Portfolio Common Stock" to
"AllianceBernstein Utility Income Portfolio Common Stock."

         SECOND:  The amendment to the charter of the Corporation
has been duly approved by a majority of the entire Board of
Directors of the Corporation.

         THIRD:  The amendment is limited to a change expressly
permitted by Section 2-605 of Maryland General Corporation Law to
be made without action by stockholders, and the Corporation is
registered as an open-end investment company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940.

         FOURTH:  This amendment to the charter of the
Corporation will be effective on May 1, 2001, as permitted by
Section 2-610.1 of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

         The undersigned Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation acknowledges these Articles of Amendment to be
the corporate act of the Corporation and states that to the best
of his knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts
set forth in these Articles with respect to the authorization and
approval of the amendment of the Corporation's charter are true
in all material respects, and that this statement is made under
the penalties of perjury.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Alliance Variable Products Series
Fund, Inc., has caused these Articles of Amendment to be executed
in its name and on its behalf by its Chairman of the Board, John
D. Carifa, and witnessed by its Secretary, Edmund P. Bergan, Jr.,
on the 6th day of April, 2001.





                        ALLIANCE VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES
                        FUND, INC.

                        By: /s/John D. Carifa
                            _____________________________
                            John D. Carifa
                            Chairman

WITNESS:

/s/Edmund P. Bergan, Jr.
________________________
Edmund P. Bergan, Jr.
Secretary







































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