"But if I take the $300 credit, HI may claim that I have not submitted a full year return "
I don't live in Hawaii, but I don't think this will be a problem.
After all, it is perfectly possible to owe tax to a state that you are not a resident of.
For example, if you lived all year in Hawaii, but did some work in California, you would owe tax to California even if your domicile was in Hawaii all year.
I can't address the issue of if you qualify for the lower property tax rate (we deal primarily with income taxes), but I don't think showing a tax paid to another state alone will be an automatic trigger.
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