94.070. 1. In addition to the levy aforesaid for general municipalpurposes, all cities of the third class are hereby authorized to levyannually not to exceed the following rates of taxation on all propertysubject to its taxing power for the following special purposes:
(1) For library purposes in the manner and at the rate authorizedunder the provisions of sections 182.140 to 182.301, RSMo;
(2) For hospitals, public health, and museum purposes twenty cents onthe one hundred dollars assessed valuation; and
(3) For recreational grounds in the manner and at the rate authorizedunder the provisions of sections 90.500 to 90.570, RSMo.
2. In lieu of the twenty cents levied on the one hundred dollarsassessed valuation for hospitals, public health, and museum purposes insubdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section, any city of the thirdclassification with more than ten thousand eight hundred but less than tenthousand nine hundred inhabitants and located in more than one county maylevy a tax at the rate of thirty cents on the one hundred dollars assessedvaluation for hospital, public health, and museum purposes.
(L. 1945 p. 1282 ยง 6976a, A.L. 2005 H.B. 186)CROSS REFERENCE:
Hospitals, establishment, tax for to be approved by voters, RSMo 96.150