Current use properties are those which qualify for a reduced assessment based upon the use of the property as farm, timberland or open space. 

Property owners must apply for and be granted the reduction and may continue in the program until the use is changed or the owner elects to remove it from the program. 

The Legislature designed the Current Use Program to preserve land for agriculture, timber growth and open space in areas where market value taxation would otherwise economically prohibit their continued use for those purposes.