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[CITE: 16USC460n-8]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
          SUBCHAPTER LXXII--LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
 
Sec. 460n-8. United States magistrate judge: appointment; 
        functions; probation; fees
        
    A United States magistrate judge shall be appointed for that portion 
of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area that is situated in Mohave 
County, Arizona. Such magistrate judge shall be appointed by the United 
States district court having jurisdiction thereover, and the magistrate 
judge shall serve as directed by such court, as well as pursuant to, and 
within the limits of, the authority of said court.
    The functions of the magistrate judge shall include the trial and 
sentencing of persons charged with the commission of misdemeanors and 
infractions as defined in section 3581 of title 18. The exercise of 
additional functions by the magistrate judge shall be consistent with 
and be carried out in accordance with the authority, laws, and 
regulations, of general application to United States magistrate judges. 
The probation laws shall be applicable to persons tried by the 
magistrate judge and he shall have power to grant probation. The 
magistrate judge shall receive the fees, and none other, provided by law 
for like or similar services.

(Pub. L. 88-639, Sec. 9, Oct. 8, 1964, 78 Stat. 1041; Pub. L. 98-473, 
title II, Sec. 222, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2028; Pub. L. 100-702, title 
IV, Sec. 404(c), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4651; Pub. L. 101-650, title 
III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-702 struck out after second sentence of second 
par. ``The provisions of title 18, section 3402, and the rules of 
procedure and practice prescribed by the Supreme Court pursuant thereto, 
shall apply to all cases handled by such magistrate.''
    1984--Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 222(a), substituted ``magistrate'' for 
``commissioner'' wherever appearing in first par.
    Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 222(b), substituted provisions relating to 
trial and sentencing of persons charged with misdemeanors and 
infractions as defined in section 3581 of title 18, for provisions 
relating to trial and sentencing of persons committing petty offenses as 
defined in title 18, section 1, and right of election of such persons to 
be tried in the district court of the United States.

                         Change of Name

    ``United States magistrate judge'', ``magistrate judge'', and 
``United States magistrate judges'' substituted for ``United States 
magistrate'', ``magistrate'', and ``United States magistrates'', 
respectively, wherever appearing in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. 
L. 101-650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary 
and Judicial Procedure.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-702 effective Dec. 1, 1988, see section 407 
of Pub. L. 100-702, set out as a note under section 2071 of Title 28, 
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-473 effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable 
only to offenses committed after the taking effect of such amendment, 
see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98-473, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 3551 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
