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On the Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism site is a page (see link below) with the June 1, 2005 Rule, a portion of which is repeated here as a summary:

Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct

By Order No. 05-9013-A, the Supreme Court of Texas amended Part VII, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, effective June 1, 2005.

VII  INFORMATION ABOUT LEGAL SERVICES

7.07  Filing Requirements for Public Advertisements and Written, Recorded, Electronic, or Other Digital Solicitations

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (e) of this Rule, a lawyer shall file with the Advertising Review Committee of the State Bar of Texas, no later than the mailing or sending by any means, including electronic, of a written, audio, audio-visual, digital or other electronic solicitation communication:

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(b) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this Rule, a lawyer shall file with the Advertising Review Committee of the State Bar of Texas, no later than the first dissemination of an advertisement in the public media, a copy of each of the lawyer's advertisements in the public media. The filing shall include:

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(c) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this Rule, a lawyer shall file with the Advertising Review Committee of the State Bar of Texas no later than its first posting on the internet or other comparable network of computers information concerning the lawyer's or lawyer's firm's website. As used in this Rule, a "website" means a single or multiple page file, posted on a computer server, which describes a lawyer or law firm's practice or qualifications, to which public access is provided through publication of a uniform resource locator (URL). The filing shall include:

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(thanks to Rick Cloud of Counselor Systems, Inc. for pointing out this new Rule which was picked up from his email newsletter)