TX AG sues former Nat'l Guard generals

AUSTIN (AP) - Two former Texas National Guard command generals are being sued by the state in a dispute surrounding more than $150,000 in alleged excess pay.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed the lawsuit in Austin, alleging the generals did not comply with written demands, from July and from June 2009, to return state money they received while they also collected paychecks from the federal government.

The lawsuit said Maj. Gen. John Furlow owes more than $129,444, while Maj. Gen. Allen Dehnert owes more than $21,000. Both allegedly also wrongly took state-paid emergency leave while on federal deployment.

Both men have denied the double-dipping allegations, which surfaced in 2009 in an investigation by KHOU-TV in Houston.