As the Dayton and Emmer camps gear up for a likely recount, they can look forward to raising unlimited amounts of money from supporters to pay legal costs without needing to identify the sources of the funding. The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board said Thursday that state law doesn't require disclosure of donors to special recount funds, nor does it restrict how much money they can give. The lack of restrictions and transparency stems from a distinction between campaign financing -- which must be reported under state law -- and post-campaign spending of a special recount fund, which is not covered under the law. "There is board authority for establishing funds of money outside of the campaign finance registration and reporting provisions," the board said in a written analysis issued Thursday. "There is no reason to believe that a candidate's participation in a recount fund would result in a conclusion that the recount fund is subject to the registration and reporting requirements." While existing campaign funds for a candidate or party also can raise additional money for a recount, they are subject to contribution limits and reporting requirements that don't apply to the special recount funds. Unlike state law, federal law requires disclosure of special recount funds in federal races. Reports of Republican Norm Coleman and DFLer Al Franken and their allies during the seven-month recount and trial of the 2008 U.S. Senate race revealed that most of the donors to their special recount funds came from outside Minnesota. Combined with other funds, they spent more than $21 million.