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I lease an office in a multi-tenant building. There is a 30.06 sign on the window adjacent to the entrance. I have a CHL.

My questions:
Am I a lease holder in the building and thus control those premises bound by it?
Would it apply to my employees who have a CHL?

Appreciate your input.

My thought is that your are in violation.
The owner of the building has it posted (assuming correctly) and that nulls your control of your leased space (with regard to 30.06).

You should review your lease contract and quite possibly find a clause in there. If it is not in there, then they have failed to update their contracts since the date that they decided to post the building.

None the less, you have been notified. You saw the sign and you ignored it.

Personally, I would be looking for another office space that is more friendly to your right to protect yourself.

Just my thoughts.....

I think you are legal in your office but the common areas are off limits if management posted 30.06 signs. Also, even if it's legal, you can be in violation of your lease to carry in your office.

Depends on who posted the sign.

Landlord, any CHL is prohibited.

One of the other tenants, might not be valid or applicable to you.

§30.06 applies to people carrying under the authority of a CHL. Since you don't need a CHL to carry on property you control, or directly to/from your vehicle to property you control, you should be OK to carry at face value. But since the lobby is posted like you describe, it's entirely possible that the landlord put a clause in your lease which could prohibit the possession of weapons by tenants, so I would definitely check that before I carried again to be safe. As for your employees carrying, if they're in charge of the premises while you're away or if you give them explicit control and permission to do so, they should be OK to carry if they're not providing security as part of their jobs (that requires additional licensing and restriction under the Occupations Code).

I'm not a lawyer, but that's how the plain language of the statutes read to me!