Ever heard of this rule?

We were on the Ohio river Monday July 4th and got checked by OH DNR. Ended up they could find nothing wrong with my safety eq.,jackets ect.... (even had to pass a sobriety test cause officer "didn't like the way my eyes looked" , ever heard of allergies?) Anyway, they gave me a ticket for $115 for people in my boat standin above the gunwale level, I had one person standing on a seat holding onto tower takin pics and vid and one was sitting on the motor cover(DD).By the way,we were only surfing at 11mph, pretty dangerous I know... Checked with Oh DNR and was given this code 1547.22 "center of gravity above the gunnel". Also did some checking with Indiana,Kentucky and Tennessee and none of them has this rule. Only that ya cant sit on the sides or rear deck of boat while pulling someone. Never thought it would get this rediculous with rules ect... but the DNR's always seem ta come up with more and more of them to fine us. I ask for a warning as I have never had a violation but he was not willing to cut any slack. Never ceases to amaze me.Even if I fight the ticketand win, I still get charged court costs of $50. What a racket they got.