If, after 10 years from the date an objection is filed there has been no further action on the objection, the objection shall be dismissed as a matter of law with prejudice. The circuit clerk shall enter the dismissal of record. The Collector may then distribute the taxes. The Collector shall determine whether to use the tax rates for the year the objection was filed or the tax rates for the most recent tax year in distributing the taxes. This Section applies to tax objections filed before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996.
35 ILCS 200/23-45