There is created the consumers' utility counsel division within the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs. There is created the position of director of the consumers' utility counsel division. The director shall be appointed and removed by the administrator. The director shall be a practicing attorney qualified by knowledge and experience to practice in public utility proceedings. The director shall receive compensation in an amount to be determined by the administrator, but not to exceed that provided or authorized by law for the district attorney for the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, excluding all city and county supplemental compensation and expenses. In addition to such compensation, the director shall also receive reimbursement for his or her reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties, as provided by law for state employees. No person employed as director of the consumers' utility counsel division shall engage in the private practice of law while employed as director of the consumers' utility counsel division. The director shall submit a written report of the annual activities and expenditures of the division. The report shall be submitted by December 31 each year and shall be submitted to the Industry Committee of the Georgia House of Representatives and to the Finance and Public Utilities Committee of the Georgia Senate.