By contrast, on the decentralized track electrification is generally carried out
through nongovernmental entities such as cooperatives, community user groups, or private entrepreneurs.
Under the act, an «Animal shelter operator» means any individual,
entity, association, trust, or corporation that operates a
nongovernmental facility that maintains ten or more dogs and cats for the purpose of impounding or harboring seized, stray, homeless, abandoned or unwanted dogs or cats, but not including any facility that does not house or harbor dogs or cats on the premises and only operates
through a system of fostering in private homes.