40-17F2 1 cwps.txt Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Board of Trustees Dreyfus State Municipal Bond Fund- Dreyfus Pennsylvania Fund We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 that Dreyfus State Municipal Bond Fund- Dreyfus Pennsylvania Fund (the "Company") complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("the Act") as of August 31, 2012. Management is responsible for the Company's compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Company's compliance based on our examination. Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Included among our procedures were the following tests performed as of August 31, 2012, and with respect to agreement of security and similar investment purchases and sales, for the period from July 31, 2012 (the date of our last examination) through August 31, 2012; Count and inspection of all securities and similar investments located in the vault of The Bank of New York Mellon in New York and London, if any, without prior notice to management; Confirmation of all securities and similar investments held by institutions in book entry form (i.e., the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Depository Trust Company and various sub-custodians); Reconciliation of all such securities and similar investments to the books and records of the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon; Confirmation of all securities hypothecated, pledged, placed in escrow, or out for transfer with brokers, pledgees, transfer agents or securities lending administrators; Confirmation of all repurchase agreements, if any, with brokers/banks or to documentation of corresponding subsequent cash receipts and agreement of underlying collateral with The Bank of New York Mellon's records; Agreement of pending purchase activity as of August 31, 2012 to documentation of subsequent broker statements; Agreement of Dreyfus Family of Funds' (the "Funds") trade tickets for 5 security purchases and 5 security sales or maturities for the period from August 1, 2012 through August 31, 2012, to the books and records of the Funds noting that they had been accurately recorded and subsequently settled; We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with specified requirements. In our opinion, management's assertion that Dreyfus State Municipal Bond Fund- Dreyfus Pennsylvania Fund complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Act as of August 31, 2012 with respect to securities and similar investments reflected in the investment account of the Company is fairly stated, in all material respects. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of Dreyfus State Municipal Bond Fund- Dreyfus Pennsylvania Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. /s/ERNST & YOUNG LLP New York, New York December 11, 2012 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-17f-2 Certificate of Accounting or Securities and Similar Investments in the Custody of Management Investment Companies Pursuant to Rule 17f-2 [17 CRF 270.17f-2] 1. Investment Company Act File Date examination Number: completed: 811-4906 December 11, 2012 2. State Identification Number: AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MI NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PUERTO RICO Other Specify: 3. Exact name of investment company as specified in registration statement: 4. Address of principal executive office: (number, street, city, state, zip code) 200 Park Avenue, 55th Floor , New York, NY 10166 INSTRUCTIONS The Form must be completed by investment companies that have custody of securities or similar investments Investment Company 1. All items must be completed by the investment company. 2. Give this Form to the independent public accountant who, in compliance with Rule 17f-2 under the Act and applicable state law, examine securities and similar investments in the custody of the investment company. Accountant 3. Submit this Form to the Securities and Exchange Commission and appropriate state securities administrators when filing the certificate of accounting required by Rule 17f-2 under the Act and applicable state law. File the original and one copy with the Securities and Exchange Commissions's principal office in Washington D.C., one copy with the regional office for the region in which the investment company's principal business operations are conducted, and one copy with the appropriate state administrator(s), if applicable. THIS FORM MUST BE GIVEN TO YOUR INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 We, as members of management of Dreyfus State Municipal Bond Fund- Dreyfus Pennsylvania Fund (the "Company"), are responsible for complying with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2, "Custody of Investments by Registered Management Investment Companies," of the Investment Company Act of 1940. We are also responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over compliance with those requirements. We have performed an evaluation of the Company's compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of August 31, 2012, and from July 31, 2012 through August 31, 2012. Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Company was in compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of August 31, 2012 and from July 31, 2012 through August 31, 2012 with respect to securities and similar investments reflected in the investment account of the Company. Dreyfus State Municipal Bond Fund- Dreyfus Pennsylvania Fund By: /s/Jim Windels Jim Windels, Treasurer The Dreyfus Corporation