Section 182. Rates of contribution

1. Employer contributions. In the case
  of  any  electing  employee  initially  appointed  on  or  before   June
  thirtieth,   nineteen   hundred  ninety-two,  the  state  shall,  during
  continuance of his employment, make contributions at the  rate  of  nine
  percentum  of  that portion of his state salary upon which contributions
  are or may hereafter be paid to the secretary of  the  treasury  of  the
  United  States  pursuant  to  article three of the retirement and social
  security law and at the rate of twelve percentum of that portion of  his
  state   salary   above  said  amount,  out  of  moneys  which  shall  be
  appropriated to the department for such purpose.  In  the  case  of  any
  electing  employee  initially appointed on or after July first, nineteen
  hundred  ninety-two,  the  state  shall,  during  continuance   of   his
  employment,  make  contributions  at  the rate of eight percentum of his
  state salary during the first seven years of such employment and at  the
  rate  of  ten  percentum  of his state salary, thereafter, out of moneys
  which shall be appropriated to the  department  for  such  purpose.  For
  purposes of this subdivision, that portion of the employee's salary upon
  which  contributions  are  paid  to the secretary of the treasury of the
  United States pursuant to article three of  the  retirement  and  social
  security law shall not exceed sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
    2.  Employee  contributions.  In  the  case  of any electing employee,
  contributions at the rate of three percentum of his state  salary  shall
  be  deducted  by  the  state  comptroller  as the employee contribution,
  provided however, that such employee contribution shall be made  by  the
  state  in  accordance  with  subdivision one of this section during such
  period as (a) either section seventy-a  of  the  retirement  and  social
  security  law  or section five hundred twenty-eight of the education law
  provides that the contribution of each member  of  the  New  York  state
  employees'  retirement system or the New York state teachers' retirement
  system in the employ of the state shall be reduced  by  at  least  eight
  percentum  of  his compensation, or (b) employee contributions to either
  such system are no longer required by reason  of  such  system  becoming
  noncontributory for state employees.
    3.  Payment  of  contributions pursuant to subdivisions one and two of
  this section shall be made to the designated insurer  or  insurers  upon
  audit and warrant of the state comptroller.