CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE
               OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED, OF D.R. HORTON, INC.

D.R.  Horton,  Inc. (the  "Corporation"),  a corporation  organized and existing
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

     FIRST: That on November 12, 1998, at a meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation,  resolutions were adopted proposing and declaring advisable the
following  amendment to the  Corporation's  Amended and Restated  Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended (the "Amendment"):

     RESOLVED,  that Article  Fourth of the  Corporations'  Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation,  as amended, be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:

          "FOURTH:  The Corporation  shall be authorized to issue two classes of
     shares  of stock to be  designated,  respectively,  "Preferred  Stock"  and
     "Common Stock";  the total number of shares which the Corporation  shall be
     authorized to issue is Two Hundred Thirty million (230,000,000);  the total
     number of shares of Preferred  Stock shall be Thirty  million  (30,000,000)
     and each such  share  shall have a par value of ten cents  ($.10);  and the
     total  number  of  shares  of Common  Stock  shall be Two  Hundred  Million
     (200,000,000)  and  each  such  share  shall  have a par  value of one cent
     ($.01). Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or
     more series.  The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to fix the voting
     rights,  designations,  powers,  preferences  and relative,  participating,
     optional or other rights,  if any, and the  qualifications,  limitations or
     restrictions thereof, of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock; and
     to fix the number of shares  constituting  such series,  and to increase or
     decrease  the number of shares of any such series (but not below the number
     of shares thereof then outstanding)."

     SECOND:  That upon  notice in  accordance  with  Section 222 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,  at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
of the  Corporation  held on January 15,  1999,  a majority of all of the shares
entitled to vote at the meeting and a majority of the shares entitled to vote at
the meeting as a class voted in favor of the Amendment.



     THIRD:  That the  Amendment  has been duly adopted in  accordance  with the
provisions  of  Section  242 of the  General  Corporation  Law of the  State  of
Delaware.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Corporation  has caused this  Certificate  to be
signed by Donald R. Horton,  its Chairman of the Board,  and attested by Paul W.
Buchschacher, an Assistant Secretary, this 15th day of January, 1999.

                                        D.R. Horton, Inc.
                                        By: /s/ Donald R. Horton
                                           ---------------------
                                        Donald R. Horton, Chairman of the Board

ATTEST: /s/ Paul W. Buchschacher
       -------------------------
Paul W. Buchschacher, Assistant Secretary






          CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE
               OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED, OF D.R. HORTON, INC.

D.R.  Horton,  Inc. (the  "Corporation"),  a corporation  organized and existing
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

     FIRST:  That on August 28, 1995,  at a meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation  resolutions were adopted proposing and declaring  advisable the
following  amendment to the  Corporation's  Amended and Restated  Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended (the "Amendment"):

     RESOLVED,  that Article  Fourth of the  Corporation's  Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation,  as amended, be amended in its entirety to read as
follows (the "Amendment"):

          "FOURTH:  The Corporation  shall be authorized to issue two classes of
     shares  of stock to be  designated,  respectively,  "Preferred  Stock"  and
     "Common Stock";  the total number of shares which the Corporation  shall be
     authorized to issue is One Hundred Thirty Million (130,000,000);  the total
     number of shares of Preferred  Stock shall be Thirty  million  (30,000,000)
     and each such  share  shall have a par value of ten cents  ($.10);  and the
     total  number  of  shares  of Common  Stock  shall be One  Hundred  Million
     (100,000,000)  and  each  such  share  shall  have a par  value of one cent
     ($.01). Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or
     more series.  The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to fix the voting
     rights,  designations,  powers,  preferences  and relative,  participating,
     optional or other rights,  if any, and the  qualifications,  limitations or
     restrictions thereof, of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock; and
     to fix the number of shares  constituting  such series,  and to increase or
     decrease  the number of shares of any such series (but not below the number
     of shares thereof then outstanding)."

     SECOND:  That upon  notice in  accordance  with  Section 222 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, at the Special Meeting of Stockholders
of the  Corporation  held on October 12,  1995,  a majority of all of the shares
entitled to vote at the meeting as a class voted in favor of the Amendment.

     THIRD:  That the  Amendment  has been duly adopted in  accordance  with the
provisions  of  Section  242 of the  General  Corporation  Law of the  State  of
Delaware.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Corporation  has caused this  Certificate  to be
signed  by Donald R.  Horton,  its  Chairman  of the  Board and  President,  and
attested by John M. Saganich, its Assistant Secretary, this 12th day of October,
1995.

                                        D.R. HORTON, INC.
                                        By: /s/ Donald R. Horton
                                           ---------------------
                                        Donald R. Horton, Chairman of the Board
                                        and President

ATTEST: /s/ John M. Saganich
       ---------------------
John M. Saganich Assistant Secretary






          CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE
                      OF INCORPORATION OF D.R. HORTON, INC.

D.R.  Horton,  Inc. (the  "Corporation"),  a corporation  organized and existing
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

     FIRST: That on February 25, 1993, at a meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation  resolutions were adopted proposing and declaring  advisable the
following  amendment to the  Corporation's  Amended and Restated  Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Amendment"):

     RESOLVED,  that Article  Fourth of the  Corporation's  Amended and Restated
Certificate of  Incorporation be amended in its entirety to read as follows (the
"Amendment"):

          "FOURTH:  The Corporation  shall be authorized to issue two classes of
     shares  of stock to be  designated,  respectively,  "Preferred  Stock"  and
     "Common Stock";  the total number of shares which the Corporation  shall be
     authorized   to  issue  is   Thirty-Two   Million  Five  Hundred   Thousand
     (32,500,000);  the total number of shares of  Preferred  Stock shall be Two
     Million Five Hundred Thousand  (2,500,000) and each such share shall have a
     par value of ten  cents  ($.10);  and the total  number of shares of Common
     Stock shall be Thirty Million (30,000,000) and each such share shall have a
     par value of one cent ($.01).  Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from
     time to time in one or more  series.  The  Board  of  Directors  is  hereby
     authorized to fix the voting rights, designations,  powers, preferences and
     relative,  participating,  optional  or  other  rights,  if  any,  and  the
     qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of any wholly unissued
     series of  Preferred  Stock;  and to fix the number of shares  constituting
     such  series,  and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such
     series (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding)."

     SECOND:  That upon  notice in  accordance  with  Section 222 of the General
Corporation  Law of the  State  of  Delaware,  at the  1993  Annual  Meeting  of
Stockholders of the Corporation held on April 29, 1993, a majority of all of the
shares  entitled  to vote  at the  meeting  as a class  voted  in  favor  of the
Amendment.

     THIRD:  That the  Amendment  has been duly adopted in  accordance  with the
provisions  of  Section  242 of the  General  Corporation  Law of the  State  of
Delaware.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Corporation  has caused this  Certificate  to be
signed  by Donald R.  Horton,  its  Chairman  of the  Board and  President,  and
attested by John M. Saganich,  its Assistant Secretary,  this 30th day of April,
1993.

                                        D.R. HORTON, INC.
                                        By: /s/ Donald R. Horton
                                           ---------------------
                                        Donald R. Horton, Chairman of the Board
                                        and President

ATTEST: /s/ John M. Saganich
       ---------------------
John M. Saganich Assistant Secretary






                AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                              OF D.R. HORTON, INC.

     D.R. Horton,  Inc., a corporation  organized and existing under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:

     I. The present name of the corporation is D.R. Horton, Inc.

     II. The amendment  and  restatement  of the  corporation's  Certificate  of
Incorporation  as set forth in  Section  III below  have  been duly  adopted  in
accordance with the provisions of Section 242 and 245 of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware.

     The  provisions  set  forth  below  supersede  the  corporation's  original
Certificate  of  Incorporation,  all  amendments  thereto  and all  restatements
thereof and constitute the Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation of
the corporation:

     FIRST: The name of the corporation (the "Corporation") is D.R. Horton, Inc.

     SECOND: The address of the Corporation's  registered office in the State of
Delaware  is 1209  Orange  Street,  City of  Wilmington,  County of New  Castle,
Delaware 19801. The name of the  Corporation's  registered agent at such address
is The Corporation Trust Company.

     THIRD:  The  purpose of the  Corporation  is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which  corporations may be organized under the General  Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware.

     FOURTH:  The Corporation shall be authorized to issue two classes of shares
of stock to be designated,  respectively,  "Preferred Stock" and "Common Stock";
the total number of shares which the Corporation shall be authorized to issue is
One  Hundred  Twenty  Million  (120,000,000);  the  total  number  of  shares of
Preferred Stock shall be Twenty Million  (20,000,000)  and each such share shall
have a par value of ten cents  ($.10);  and the total number of shares of Common
Stock shall be One Hundred Million  (100,000,000) and each such share shall have
a par value of one cent  ($.01).  Shares of  Preferred  Stock may be issued from
time to time in one or more series.  The Board of Directors is hereby authorized
to fix the  voting  rights,  designations,  powers,  preferences  and  relative,
participating,  optional  or  other  rights,  if any,  and  the  qualifications,
limitations or restrictions  thereof, of any wholly unissued series of Preferred
Stock; and to fix the number of shares constituting such series, and to increase
or decrease the number of shares of any such series (but not below the number of
shares thereof then outstanding).

     FIFTH:  Elections of  directors  shall be by written  ballot.  Stockholders
shall not have the power to take action by written  consent without a meeting of
the Corporation's stockholders.

     SIXTH: To the full extent  permitted by the General  Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware or any other applicable laws presently or hereafter in effect,
no director of the Corporation  shall be personally liable to the Corporation or
its stockholders for or with respect to





any acts or omissions in the  performance  of his or her duties as a director of
the  Corporation.  Any repeal or  modification  of this Article  SIXTH shall not
adversely  affect  any right or  protection  of a  director  of the  Corporation
existing immediately prior to such repeal or modification.

     SEVENTH:  Each  person who is or was or had agreed to become a director  or
officer of the Corporation, or each such person who is or was serving or who had
agreed to serve at the written  request of the Board of  Directors or an officer
of the  Corporation as an employee or agent of the Corporation or as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation,  partnership,  joint venture,
trust  or  other  enterprise,  in any  such  case  owned  or  controlled  by the
Corporation  (including the heirs,  executors,  administrators or estate of such
person), shall be indemnified by the Corporation to the full extent permitted by
the General  Corporation  Law of the State of  Delaware or any other  applicable
laws  as  presently  or  hereafter  in  effect;  provided,   however,  that  the
Corporation  shall not  indemnify  any  person  with  respect  to  service  as a
director,  officer, employee or agent of Provident Bancorp of Texas, Inc. or any
subsidiary  thereof.  Without  limiting  the  generality  or the  effect  of the
foregoing, the Corporation may enter into one or more agreements with any person
which  provide for  indemnification  greater or different  than that provided in
this Article  SEVENTH.  Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall
not adversely  affect any right or  protection  existing  hereunder  immediately
prior to such repeal or modification.

     EIGHTH:  In  furtherance  and  not in  limitation  of the  rights,  powers,
privileges  and  discretionary  authority  granted or  conferred  by the General
Corporation  Law of the State of Delaware or other statutes or laws of the State
of Delaware,  the Board of Directors is  expressly  authorized  to make,  alter,
amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation, without any action on the part of
the  stockholders,  but,  subject to Article  NINTH of this Amended and Restated
Certificate of  Incorporation,  the stockholders may make additional  bylaws and
may alter,  amend or repeal any bylaw whether adopted by them or otherwise.  The
Corporation  may in its bylaws  confer  powers  upon its Board of  Directors  in
addition  to  the  foregoing  and in  addition  to the  powers  and  authorities
expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors by applicable law.

     NINTH:  The number of directors  which shall  constitute the whole Board of
Directors  shall  be as  determined  from  time  to time  by  resolution  of the
directors  of the  Corporation  or as  specified  in a bylaw of the  Corporation
adopted  by the  affirmative  vote of not less  than  sixty-six  and  two-thirds
percent (66 2/3%) of the total voting power of all outstanding  shares of voting
stock of the  Corporation.  No director may be removed  without the  affirmative
vote of not less than  sixty-six and  two-thirds  percent (66 2/3%) of the total
voting power of all outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation.

     TENTH:  Special  meetings of the  stockholders  of the  Corporation for any
purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, or by a
committee of the Board of Directors  which has been duly designated by the Board
of Directors and whose powers and authority,  as provided in a resolution of the
Board of Directors,  in the bylaws of the  Corporation,  or by law,  include the
power to call such meetings,  but such special meetings may not be called by any
other person or persons;  provided,  however, that if and to the extent that any
special  meeting of  stockholders  may be called by any other  person or persons
specified in any provisions




of this Amended and  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  or any  amendment
thereto or any certificate  filed under Section 151(g) of the General  Corporate
Law of the State of Delaware (or its successor statute as in effect from time to
time  hereafter),  then such special meeting may also be called by the person or
persons, in the manner, at the time and for the purposes so specified.

     ELEVENTH:  The Corporation  reserves the right at any time and from time to
time to amend,  alter,  change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended
and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation,  and other provisions  authorized by
the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted,
in the manner now or hereafter  prescribed  herein or by applicable law; and all
rights,   preferences  and  privileges  of  whatsoever   nature  conferred  upon
stockholders,  directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this
Amended and  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  in its present form or as
hereafter amended are granted subject to this reservation.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  the provisions set forth in Articles FIFTH, EIGHTH, NINTH, TENTH and
this Article  ELEVENTH may not be repealed or amended in any respect unless such
repeal or  amendment is approved by the  affirmative  vote of the holders of not
less than  sixty-six and two thirds  percent (66 2/3%) of the total voting power
of all outstanding shares of voting stock of this corporation.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  corporation has caused this Amended and Restated
Certificate of  Incorporation  to be signed by Donald R. Horton,  its President,
and attested by Alan Jacobs, its Secretary, this 18th day of March, 1992.

                                        D.R. HORTON, INC.
           (Seal)                       By: /s/ Donald R. Horton
                                           ---------------------
                                        Donald R. Horton, President


ATTEST: By: /s/ Alan Jacobs
       --------------------
Alan Jacobs, Secretary