When a member makes the contributions as provided in Section 20991, the same contributions shall be made by the state or contracting agency with respect to the absence that would have been made if the member had not been absent on military service, except that the contributions shall be determined by the employer rate of contribution in effect when the contributions are made and may be included in the employer rate of contribution at the next valuation.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)