(a) The Board will consider recommending restoration of the right to receive, possess, bear, and transport in commerce a firearm only in extreme and unusual circumstances which prevent the applicant from gaining a livelihood, and only if the applicant:      
        (1) provides either proof of clearance by a previously granted full pardon or a request for such express restoration in a pending application for a full pardon from jurisdiction(s) of the relevant conviction(s) or successful completion of a punishment similar to a term of deferred adjudication community supervision; and       
        (2) provides proof of application under the United States Code, Title 18, Section 925(c), for exemption, relief from disabilities to the Director of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and furnishes copies of all relevant applications and responses thereto by the Director of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives including any final actions by said Director of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.       
      (b) The burden of showing such extreme and unusual circumstance rests upon the applicant.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §143.12 adopted to be effective August 15, 1989, 14 TexReg 3812; amended to be effective February 18, 2009, 34 TexReg 1095; amended to be effective March 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 1362; amended to be effective November 9, 2014, 39 TexReg 8597; amended to be effective May 9, 2018, 43 TexReg 2795