Every county that maintains or operates any garbage or trash collection and disposal service shall collect, free of charge, and dispose of garbage and trash at and from any public housing project or complex located within the county, which is owned, operated, or administered by the authority. Upon request of the authority, each county shall allow the authority to establish, maintain, or operate its own garbage and trash collection and disposal service for any or all public housing projects or complexes located within the county, and in regard to the service, shall allow the authority to use, free of charge, all incinerators, garbage dumps, and other facilities that the county may own, control, or operate.

Nothing in this section shall prohibit or prevent the authority from paying, and any county from receiving, any sum or sums that the authority in its discretion may agree to pay as reasonable compensation for the services or facilities provided by any county pursuant to this section.