(a) The commission may require a telecommunications provider to provide a report or information necessary to assess contributions and disbursements to the universal service fund.
(b) A report or information the commission requires a telecommunications provider to provide under Subsection (a) is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

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(c) A telecommunications provider shall file with the commission the provider’s annual earnings report if the provider:
(1) is not a local exchange company subject to a total support reduction plan under 16 T.A.C. Section 26.403 or that has made an election under § 56.023(l);
(2) serves greater than 31,000 access lines; and
(3) receives support under a plan established under § 56.021(1).
(d) A report filed under Subsection (c) is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.