(a) There is continued the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys Institute, a public body whose membership shall consist of the fifty-five elected county prosecuting attorneys in the state. The Institute shall meet at least once each calendar year and the presence of twenty-eight of the fifty-five prosecutors at any meeting constitutes a quorum for the conduct of the Institute's business.
(b) There is continued the Executive Council of the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys Institute which shall consist of seven prosecuting attorneys elected by the membership of the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys Institute at its annual meeting and two persons appointed annually by the county commissioner's association of West Virginia. The executive council shall elect one member of the council to serve as chairman of the institute for a term of one year without compensation. The executive council shall serve as the regular executive body of the institute.
(c) There is continued the position of Executive Director of the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys Institute to be employed by the executive council of the institute. The Executive Director of the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys Institute shall serve at the will and pleasure of the executive council of the institute. The executive director shall be licensed to practice law in the State of West Virginia and shall devote full time to his or her official duties and may not engage in the private practice of law.
(d) The duties and responsibilities of the institute, as implemented by and through its executive council and its executive director, shall include the following:
(1) The provision for special prosecuting attorneys to pursue a criminal matter, a juvenile delinquency matter or a matter involving child abuse neglect pursuant to chapter forty-nine of this code, or in any matter wherein a special prosecutor previously appointed has failed to take any action thereon within such time as the Executive Director deems unreasonable, not to exceed three terms of court from the date on which the special prosecutor was appointed: Provided, That such replacement or original appointment may be any attorney with a license in good standing in this state in any county upon the request of a circuit court judge of that county and upon the approval of the executive council;