Exhibit 3.1

                                    AMENDMENT
                                TO THE BYLAWS OF
                           EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.

     By resolutions  adopted by the Board of Directors of EastGroup  Properties,
Inc. (the  "Corporation"),  on April 11, 2007, the Board of Directors authorized
the following amendment to the Corporation's Bylaws:
     Section 8 of Article VII of the Bylaws is to be deleted in its entirety and
replaced by the following:

     Section 8. MARYLAND CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITION ACT.

          For purposes of the Maryland Control Share  Acquisition Act, Ann. Code
     of Md.,  Corporations  and  Associations  ss.ss.  3-701  through 3-710 (the
     "Act"), the Act shall not apply to the voting rights of any shares of stock
     of the  Corporation  acquired by a person that is a  registered  investment
     advisor  under the  Investment  Advisors  Act of 1940,  provided  that such
     shares of stock are  acquired  in the  ordinary  course of  business of the
     acquirer, in good faith and not with the intent to effect or to influence a
     change of control of the  Corporation.  The  foregoing  is  certified as an
     amendment to the Bylaws of the  Corporation,  adopted by unanimous  written
     consent of the Board of Directors effective as of April 11, 2007.


                                          /s/ N. Keith McKey
                                          N. Keith McKey, Secretary
April 12, 2007


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