EXHIBIT 99.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



       In connection with the Annual Report of Silverleaf Resorts, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Robert
E. Mead, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

       (1)  Except for failure to comply with all requirements of
            Regulation S-X due to the disclaimer of an opinion by the
            Company's auditors on the Company's consolidated financial
            statements, the Report fully complies with the requirements of
            Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
            1934; and

       (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and result of operations
            of the Company.



Dated:  November 19, 2002                        /s/ ROBERT E. MEAD
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                                                     Robert E. Mead