(a) (1) Each year the governing body of a county or the governing body’s designee shall notify officials of municipalities and officials of other counties receiving coal tax revenues that the officials may request a meeting with the governing body or designee.

(2) On request, the governing body of a county or the governing body’s designee shall meet and confer annually with officials of municipalities and with officials of any other county receiving coal tax revenues.

(b) The governing body of a county may distribute up to 5 cents per ton of the money derived from the tax to the municipalities for the reconstruction, repair, or maintenance of municipal coal haul roads and bridges.