Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2009		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DREYFUS STRATEGIC MUNICIPALS INC [LEO]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER, 100 N TRYON STREET		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
01/15/2010
(Street)

CHARLOTTE, NC 28255		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Auction Rate Preferred 1,124 (1) (2)
I
By Subsidiary

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER
100 N TRYON STREET
CHARLOTTE, NC 28255		     X    
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC.
4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
NORTH TOWER
NEW YORK, NY 10080		     X    
BANK OF AMERICA NA
100 N. TRYON STREET
CHARLOTTE, NC 28255		     X    
Blue Ridge Investments, L.L.C.
214 NORTH TRYON STREET
CHARLOTTE, NC 28255		     X    

Signatures

Bank of America Corporation and Bank of America, N.A. By: /s/ Debra I. Cho, Senior Vice President 03/12/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. By: /s/ Lawrence Emerson, Attorney-In-Fact 03/12/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Blue Ridge Investments, L.L.C. By: /s/ John Hiebendahl, Vice President and Controller 03/12/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The Auction Rate Preferred Shares ("Shares") reported in Table 1 represent 1 Share beneficially owned by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. ("MLPFS"), 467 Shares beneficially owned by Bank of America, N.A. ("BANA"), and 656 Shares beneficially owned by Blue Ridge Investments, L.L.C. ("Blue Ridge"). MLPFS, BANA and Blue Ridge are each indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Bank of America Corporation ("Bank of America").
(2) The Reporting Persons are filing this Form 3/A to indicate that the Form 3 previously filed on January 15, 2010 (the "Original Form 3") was filed in error. The Original Form 3 was not required to be filed because the Reporting Persons were not as of the event date of the Original Form 3, and currently are not, beneficial owners of more than 10% of a class of equity securities of the Issuer.
 
Remarks:
The Shares reported herein represent Bank of America's combined holdings in multiple series of auction rate preferred
 securities of the issuer, which are treated herein as one class of securities in accordance with the Auction Rate
 Securities--Global Exemptive Relief no-action letter issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on September
 22, 2008.

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