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report (Date of earliest event reported):&#160;&#160;February 24,
2010</font></div>
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REALTY INVESTORS</font></div>
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Citadel Plaza Drive, Suite 125, Houston, Texas 77008</font></div>
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telephone number, including area code:&#160;&#160;(713) 866-6000</font></div>
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appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">see</font>
General Instruction A.2. below):</font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Amendments
      to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
    Year.</font></div>
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          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
February&#160;24, 2010, the Board of Trust Managers of Weingarten Realty
Investors (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) adopted the Company&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated
Bylaws (as so amended and restated, the &#8220;Bylaws&#8221;), to be effective
immediately.&#160;&#160;The Company was formed under, and has previously been
governed by, the Texas Real Estate Investment Trust Act (the &#8220;REIT
Act&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Effective January 1, 2010, Texas real estate investment trusts
are automatically governed by the Texas Business Organizations Code (the
&#8220;TBOC&#8221;).&#160;&#160;The Company&#8217;s Bylaws have therefore been amended and
restated in their entirety to (i) conform to terminology of the TBOC that varies
from terminology used under the REIT Act and (ii) clarify and modernize certain
language contained in the Company&#8217;s prior Bylaws.&#160;&#160;Set forth below is
a summary of the principal changes to the Company&#8217;s Bylaws:</font></div>
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2.04, 2.05, 4.05, 4.06 and 4.08 of the Bylaws provide that notice to Trust
Managers or shareholders may be made by electronic transmission.</font></div>
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2.15 and 4.12 of the Bylaws provide that any action by written consent can be
made by electronic transmission if the Company can determine that the
transmission was transmitted by the shareholder and the date of the
transmission.</font></div>
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2.13 of the Bylaws provides for the electronic transmission of
proxies.</font></div>
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2.11 of the Bylaws provides that in the event that less than thirty (30) days&#8217;
notice or public disclosure of the date of a shareholders&#8217; meeting is given or
made, a shareholder wishing to bring a matter of business before the meeting
must provide notice to the Company no later than the close of business on the
tenth (10<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">th</font>) day
following the day on which the notice was mailed or the public disclosure was
made, whichever occurs first.&#160;&#160;In the prior Bylaws, the thirty (30)
day minimum notice period was seventy (70) days instead.</font></div>
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2.13 of the Bylaws provides that if any shares of the Company&#8217;s securities are
subject to an irrevocable proxy, the irrevocable proxy will not be binding on
transferee for value that does not have actual knowledge of the irrevocable
proxy, unless the existence of the irrevocable proxy is conspicuously noted on
the certificate evidencing the shares.</font></div>
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2.14 of the Bylaws provides that a list of shareholders be prepared not later
than the 11th day before the date of each meeting of the
shareholders.&#160;&#160;The Company&#8217;s prior Bylaws provided that such list be
prepared at least 10 days before each meeting of the shareholders.</font></div>
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4.03 of Bylaws provides that notice of special meetings of the Board of Trust
Managers must be given in writing or by electronic transmission to each Trust
Manager at least 24 hours prior to the time of the meeting.&#160;&#160;The prior
Bylaws provided that oral notice was sufficient.</font></div>
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          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(h)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section
7.01 of the Bylaws now requires that the Company have a President and a
Secretary.</font></div>
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addition to the above, the Bylaws reflect certain immaterial changes, conforming
changes, changes in section numbering and other technical edits and
updates.</font></div>
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foregoing description of the Bylaws does not purport to be a complete statement
of the provisions thereof and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
text of the Bylaws, which are attached as Exhibit&#160;3.1 to this Current
Report on Form&#160;8-K and incorporated herein by
reference.</font></div><br></div>
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  Investors</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.</font></div>
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Officer</font></div>
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form8k_bylaws02242010.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 24,
2010
WEINGARTEN
REALTY INVESTORS
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Texas
1-9876
74-1464203
(State
      or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission
      file number)
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      Number)
2600
Citadel Plaza Drive, Suite 125, Houston, Texas 77008
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code:  (713) 866-6000
Not
applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
¨
Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)
¨
Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.03.
Amendments
      to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
    Year.
On
February 24, 2010, the Board of Trust Managers of Weingarten Realty
Investors (the "Company") adopted the Company's Second Amended and Restated
Bylaws (as so amended and restated, the "Bylaws"), to be effective
immediately.  The Company was formed under, and has previously been
governed by, the Texas Real Estate Investment Trust Act (the "REIT
Act").  Effective January 1, 2010, Texas real estate investment trusts
are automatically governed by the Texas Business Organizations Code (the
"TBOC").  The Company's Bylaws have therefore been amended and
restated in their entirety to (i) conform to terminology of the TBOC that varies
from terminology used under the REIT Act and (ii) clarify and modernize certain
language contained in the Company's prior Bylaws.  Set forth below is
a summary of the principal changes to the Company's Bylaws:
(a)           Sections
2.04, 2.05, 4.05, 4.06 and 4.08 of the Bylaws provide that notice to Trust
Managers or shareholders may be made by electronic transmission.
(b)           Sections
2.15 and 4.12 of the Bylaws provide that any action by written consent can be
made by electronic transmission if the Company can determine that the
transmission was transmitted by the shareholder and the date of the
transmission.
(c)           Section
2.13 of the Bylaws provides for the electronic transmission of
proxies.
(d)           Section
2.11 of the Bylaws provides that in the event that less than thirty (30) days'
notice or public disclosure of the date of a shareholders' meeting is given or
made, a shareholder wishing to bring a matter of business before the meeting
must provide notice to the Company no later than the close of business on the
tenth (10
th
) day
following the day on which the notice was mailed or the public disclosure was
made, whichever occurs first.  In the prior Bylaws, the thirty (30)
day minimum notice period was seventy (70) days instead.
(e)           Section
2.13 of the Bylaws provides that if any shares of the Company's securities are
subject to an irrevocable proxy, the irrevocable proxy will not be binding on
transferee for value that does not have actual knowledge of the irrevocable
proxy, unless the existence of the irrevocable proxy is conspicuously noted on
the certificate evidencing the shares.
(f)           Section
2.14 of the Bylaws provides that a list of shareholders be prepared not later
than the 11th day before the date of each meeting of the
shareholders.  The Company's prior Bylaws provided that such list be
prepared at least 10 days before each meeting of the shareholders.
(g)           Section
4.03 of Bylaws provides that notice of special meetings of the Board of Trust
Managers must be given in writing or by electronic transmission to each Trust
Manager at least 24 hours prior to the time of the meeting.  The prior
Bylaws provided that oral notice was sufficient.
(h)           Section
7.01 of the Bylaws now requires that the Company have a President and a
Secretary.
2
In
addition to the above, the Bylaws reflect certain immaterial changes, conforming
changes, changes in section numbering and other technical edits and
updates.
The
foregoing description of the Bylaws does not purport to be a complete statement
of the provisions thereof and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
text of the Bylaws, which are attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by
reference.
Item
      9.01
Financial
      Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits:
3.1
Second
      Amended and Restated Bylaws of Weingarten Realty
  Investors
3
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Date:  February
26, 2010
WEINGARTEN
      REALTY INVESTORS
By:  /s/
      Joe D. Shafer
Joe
      D. Shafer
Senior
      Vice President/Chief Accounting
Officer
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TO EXHIBITS
Item
      9.01
Financial
      Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits:
3.1
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Weingarten
      Realty Investors
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