The director of natural resources shall distribute money received by the state pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 500 from the sale of national forest timber and other national forest products to the applicable county or counties in which the national forest is situated. Money received by a county under this section shall be used by a county as follows:

(A) Fifty per cent shall be used to maintain county roads and bridges;

(B) Fifty per cent shall be used for the benefit of public schools.